uid-promise

Creates a cryptographically secure UID with a 62 character range that can be safely used in URLs.

Usage

Firstly, install the package from npm:

npm install --save uid-promise

Then load it:

const uid = require('uid-promise');

Finally, call it:

await uid(20);

API

uid(Number len) => Promise

• Return a Promise that resolves with a string of random characters of length len
• len must always be provided, else the promise is rejected
• Under the hood, crypto.randomBytes is used
• Character set: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789

Authors

• Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) - Vercel
• Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo) - Vercel