uuid-tool

UUID Tool

Parse and generate UUIDs. Convert between UUID string (36 byte) to 16 byte array. Inclusive TypeScript definition file (types).

UUID RFC 4122 Version 4

Install

npm i -S uuid-tool

Example

let uuid = UUIDTool.newUUID();
let bytes = UUIDTool.toBytes(uuid);
let strAgain = UUIDTool.toString(bytes);
let isValid = UUIDTool.isUUID(strAgain);

You can also use the UUID class.

let uuid = new UUID(byteOrString);
let str = uuid.toString();
let bytes = uuid.toBytes();

API

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toBytes (uuid)

Converts an UUID string to an UUID byte array.

Param	Type	Description
uuid	string	UUID string e.g. '1FBD384C-B2A1-41C6-84AF-43CABDF44124'

Returns number UUID byte array (length: 16)

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toString (bytes)

Converts an UUID byte array to an UUID string.

Param	Type	Description
bytes	number[]	UUID Byte array (length 16 bytes of bytes)

Returns string UUID string. (length 36)

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newUUID ()

Generates a new (pseudo) UUID RFC 4122 Version 4.

Returns string UUID e.g. '1FBD384C-B2A1-41C6-84AF-43CABDF44124'

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isUUID (uuid)

Converts an UUID byte array to an UUID string.

Param	Type	Description
uuid	string	UUID string e.g. '1FBD384C-B2A1-41C6-84AF-43CABDF44124'

Returns boolean True if valid, otherwise false.

License

Apache-2.0

(C) Copyright 2018 Dominik-Andreas Geng