unique-string
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Package description
The unique-string npm package is designed to generate unique strings. It is commonly used for creating identifiers, tokens, or any other scenario where a unique string is required. The package generates these strings based on the current timestamp and Math.random(), ensuring a high probability of uniqueness.
Generating a unique string
This feature allows the generation of a unique string. The code sample demonstrates how to import the unique-string package and use it to generate and log a unique string to the console. This is the primary functionality of the package, useful for generating unique identifiers or tokens.
const uniqueString = require('unique-string');
console.log(uniqueString());The uuid package generates RFC4122 UUIDs. It offers more options and versions (v1, v3, v4, v5) of UUIDs compared to unique-string, which generates a simple unique string based on the current timestamp and Math.random(). The uuid package is more suitable when UUID standards are required for the generated strings.
Nanoid is a tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator. Similar to unique-string, it generates unique strings but with a focus on speed and security. Nanoid allows for custom size and alphabet, making it more flexible than unique-string for generating unique IDs that need to be short or have specific character requirements.
Readme
Generate a unique random string
$ npm install unique-string
import uniqueString from 'unique-string';
uniqueString();
//=> 'b4de2a49c8ffa3fbee04446f045483b2'
Returns a 32 character unique string. Matches the length of MD5, which is unique enough for non-crypto purposes.
FAQs
Generate a unique random string
The npm package unique-string receives a total of 13,367,323 weekly downloads. As such, unique-string popularity was classified as popular.
We found that unique-string demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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