node-red-contrib-ulid

A simple Node-RED node that appends ULID to the input message.

What's ULID?

Quoted by ulid/spec:

• 128-bit compatibility with UUID
• 1.21e+24 unique ULIDs per millisecond
• Lexicographically sortable!
• Canonically encoded as a 26 character string, as opposed to the 36 character UUID
• Uses Crockford's base32 for better efficiency and readability (5 bits per character)
• Case insensitive
• No special characters (URL safe)
• Monotonic sort order (correctly detects and handles the same millisecond)

Learn more, see the ulid/spec repository.

Installation

Install via the Palette Manager or from within your node-red directory (typically ~/.node-red) run:

npm i node-red-contrib-ulid

Usage

The node appends ULID to msg.ulid of the input message.