random-unique-id
v2.1.0
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Generate 128bit hex unique id using true random seed, micro-second timestamp and counter for entropy
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random-unique-id
Random Unique ID generates a 128-bit hex random id using crypto.randomBytes
as
an initial seed and then concatenating this with a micro-second timestamp and an
incrementing counter and performing an SHA-256 hash to generate each unique id.
Random Unique IDs are intended to start from a truly random base and subsequently to be deterministic but pseudo random.
As of version 1.0.0 the id is lower case where previously it was upper case.
Usage
const randomUniqueId = require('random-unique-id')
var uniqueId = randomUniqueId()
uniqueId.id // 62793faaa26a55036957b79e3ef6a51b
uniqueId.timestamp // 2017-05-29 21:18:31.844178
Random Unique ID returns an object with both the generated id and the timestamp that was used to generate it.
Accessing internal data
const randomUniqueId = require('random-unique-id')
randomUniqueId.count // 0
randomUniqueId.id // undefined
randomUnqiueId.seed // 2ff54616eb6a411059031f77c2091771254e03daf4d3a431f70d13ba912e86b3
randomUniqueId.processId // 06c441675a07ae8790e09e520ac05e86bce6ded412020a82e54bb762b336935a
randomUniqueId()
randomUniqueId.count // 1
randomUniqueId.id // 7027ce98ca0ed9915841ac4fd7a74d42
randomUnqiueId.seed // 2ff54616eb6a411059031f77c2091771254e03daf4d3a431f70d13ba912e86b3
randomUniqueId.processId // 06c441675a07ae8790e09e520ac05e86bce6ded412020a82e54bb762b336935a
Internal state data is exposed as properites of the unique id function. The id
will always contain the last id generated or be undefined if no ids have been
generated.