uid-promise

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

Usage

Install the package:

npm i uid-promise

Then import it:

import { uid } = from '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