uuid()

Generates a Universally Unique Identifier, based on variant 4 (random) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 4122 proposal.

Specifically, this function generates its canonical string representation.

Examples

const uuid = require( "@geronimus/uuid" );

console.log( uuid() );
// Expected output:
// => "8afe0169-17a2-4091-8375-30ca1d4333ab" (Or similar.)

const id1 = uuid();
const id2 = uuid();

if ( id1 === id2 )
  console.log( "It's an impossible coincidence!" );
else
  console.log( "Each value is unique." );

Notes

The randomness of this function depends on Math.random(). Therefore, it MUST NOT be used for any purpose requiring cryptographic security.