id-generator

Generates random ids with a prefix (a la Stripe)

Installing

npm i auth0-id-generator

Using

Simple case:

var IdGenerator = require('auth0-id-generator');

var generator = new IdGenerator();
var id = generator.new('cus');

console.log(id); // cus_lO1DEQWBbQAACfHO

Predefined set of allowed prefixes (to avoid mistakes):

var IdGenerator = require('auth0-id-generator');

var generator = new IdGenerator(['cus', 'con']);
var id = generator.new('cus');

console.log(id); // cus_lO1DEQWBbQAACfHO

generator.new('cli'); // throws

Author

Completely stolen from Auth0. Wiating on acceptance of a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.