@tomiocodes/uuid

A simple utility to generate Universally Unique Identifiers.

Table of Contents

• @tomiocodes/uuid
  • Description
  • Features
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • Basic Usage
    • CLI Usage
      • CLI Auto-completion
  • API Documentation

Description

A simple library to generate UUIDs.

Features

• Written in TypeScript
• Offers CommonJS, ESM bundles
• Fully tested
• Powered by Rust
• Faster than uuid

Installation

yarn add @tomiocodes/uuid
# npm install @tomiocodes/uuid
# pnpm add @tomiocodes/uuid

# Or if you want a CLI Installation
npm i -g @tomiocodes/uuid

Usage

Note: While this section uses require, the imports match 1:1 with ESM imports. For example const { v4 } = require('@tomiocodes/uuid') equals import { v4 } from '@tomiocodes/uuid'.

Basic Usage

const { v4 } = require('@tomiocodes/uuid');

console.log(v4());

CLI Usage

   @tomiocodes/uuid 1.1.2

   USAGE

     uuid-cli <command> [options]

   COMMANDS

     v1                         Generates a timestamp UUID.
     v3 <namespace> <name>      Generates a MD5 UUID.
     v4                         Generates a random UUID.
     v5 <namespace> <name>      Generates a SHA-1 UUID.
     validate <uuid>            Validates a UUID.
     parse <uuid>               Provides information about a UUID.
     blob <uuid>                Converts a UUID to a 22 character URL-friendly blob.
     help <command>             Display help for a specific command

   GLOBAL OPTIONS

     -h, --help         Display help
     -V, --version      Display version
     --no-color         Disable colors
     --quiet            Quiet mode - only displays warn and error messages
     -v, --verbose      Verbose mode - will also output debug messages

CLI Auto-completion

Bash

echo "source <(uuid-cli completion bash)" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

Zsh

echo "source <(uuid-cli completion zsh)" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

Fish

echo "source <(uuid-cli completion fish)" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish && source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

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API Documentation

For the full API documentation please refer to the TypeDoc generated documentation.