The best package to create hash ids.

unique-hash

Useful for saving to

import uniqueHash from "unique-hash"
 
//or es5
//var uniqueHash = require("unique-hash").default
let url = "https://www.npmjs.com/package/unique-hash"
 
uniqueHash(url)
//>> output 88870086
 
uniqueHash(url)
//>> output 88870086
 
uniqueHash(url,{format:"string"})
//>> output "iIIHaAIG"
 
uniqueHash(url,{format:"string"})
//>> output "iIIHaAIG"
 
 
uniqueHash("John H. Smith")
//>> output 983277668
uniqueHash("John H Smith")
//>> output  983277668
uniqueHash("JohnHSmith")
//>> output 983277668
 
 
uniqueHash("John H. Smith",{format:"kebabCase"})
//>> output "john-h-smith"
uniqueHash("John H Smith",{format:"kebabCase"})
//>> output "john-h-smith"
uniqueHash("JohnHSmith",{format:"kebabCase"})
//>> output "john-h-smith"
 
 
uniqueHash(url,{
  prepend:"articles",
  date:new Date(),
 })
 //>> output "articles/2017/08/27/88870086"
 
 
uniqueHash(url,{
  prepend:"articles",
  append:"videos",
  appendDate:"hot",
  date:new Date(),
  formatDate:"YYYY/DD",
  format:"string"
 })
 //>> output "articles/2017/08/hot/iIIHaAIG/videos"
 

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
format	"number"	options: "number", "string" or "kebabCase"
prepend	""	string to prepend output path
append	""	string to append output path
appendDate	""	string to center between date and hash id (eg. output /YYYY/MM/DD/[HERE]/:hashId)
date	n/a	pass in date to append /YYYY/MM/DD to save path
dateFormate	"YYYY/MM/DD"	Date format
hashId	n/a	override the output hashId, useful if you want to use with date.