Node libuuid

Simple node binding to the native libuuid implementation.

Install

npm install node-libuuid

API

libuuid.v1()

Generate and return a time based UUID.

Returns the string form of the UUID.

libuuid.v4()

Generate and return a secure random UUID (see uuid_generate_random(3))

Returns the string form of the UUID.

Benchmarks

Run npm run-script bench

Currently it compares just against node-uuid.

node-libuuid#generate_random x 5,501,355 ops/sec ±1.32% (100 runs sampled)
node-uuid#v4 x 201,565 ops/sec ±2.84% (84 runs sampled)
Fastest is node-libuuid#generate_random

node-libuuid#v1 x 5,434,475 ops/sec ±1.85% (97 runs sampled)
node-uuid#v1 x 1,028,694 ops/sec ±1.91% (94 runs sampled)
Fastest is node-libuuid#v1

Reporting Errors

Please include operating system and version and libuuid install status.

License Info

Samuel Giles, GPLv2.