uid

Generates unique ids. window.crypto is used when available, otherwise Math.random() is used as a fallback.

Installation

Install with component(1):

$ component install component/uid

API

uid(length)

Returns an unique id of length characters. Returned uids are base-64 encoded. Characters - and _ are used as the 63th and 64th character of the base, to allow use in URLs, CSS class names, etc.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Automattic, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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