ID - a unique ID/name generator for JavaScript

ID.js

// Do not use. Use Symbol() instead.

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I strongly recommend using performance.now().toString(36) instead of Date.now - since it offers a higher precision date (ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance/now - you can get microsecond precision).

The advantage of a higher precision time is: the probability of users around the known universe generating their random ID in that exact same microsecond is very low.

Doing Math.random() in addition to this will result in randomization over-and-above an already extremely unique value.

function uid() {
  return (performance.now().toString(36)+Math.random().toString(36)).replace(/\./g,"");
};

Verified using @c0d3r111's Collision test
Collision test: 8391.403076171875ms
Total iterations: 1000000
Total collisions: 0
Total unique ids: 1000000

Unless your CPU can process more instructions in a microsecond, the value will likely never duplicate since you've moved into the next microsecond by the time the result comes out.

Window.crypto (ref https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/crypto ) as @lcherone also mentioned, provides high precision random numbers, that even inspires confidence in Cryptographic algorithms (and is thus assured to be more random than other randoms), which can be used as such:

function getRandomNumbers() {
  var array = new Uint32Array(10);
  window.crypto.getRandomValues(array);
 
  for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
    console.log(array[i] + " ");
  }
}

Combining the two, here's a final function:

function uid() {
 let a = new Uint32Array(3);
 window.crypto.getRandomValues(a);
 return (performance.now().toString(36)+Array.from(a).map(A => A.toString(36)).join("")).replace(/\./g,"");
};

Thank you, it was helpful :)
I have just used it in a real application.

Thanks a lot!

Awesome

Thanks!

May Be This Will be helpful to future guys mab be this thing will never be same . Right !

function uid() {
let a = new Uint32Array(3);
window.crypto.getRandomValues(a);
return (performance.now().toString(36)+Array.from(a).map(A => A.toString(36)).join("")).replace(/./g,""+Math.random()+Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone+Date.now());
};

Thanks!

Very helpful. Thanks

Thanks very much, this was very helpful for my project.

It's so helpful! tks!

I think the tittle would be "How to generate id" not unique. because there's no redundancy checking method.

hi everyone , Good Afteroon . i need auto generate invoice number in spring boot please help

I'm writing this in the hopes that others may find this on Google.

I had an issue that I'm using a v-for in Vue.js on a component, but in Vue 2.2+ you required :key to be set with a unique identifier. In my case the Array that it iterates over doesn't have any, so I had to generate one on demand (imagine a Bootstrap alerts manager component, e.g.). This will do just fine.

#vuejs #v-for

With vue there is an index available.
v-for="(item, idx) in blah" :key="'prefix'+idx"

By carefully choosing the prefix you can make everything on the page unique easily without additional generators.

@barryspearce not sure what that's go to do with this thread 👎

Helped me too! thanks

@barryspearce not sure what that's go to do with this thread

It relates directly to the reply that I replied to. See rebers commented on 16 Jun 2017 - as quoted in my reply.
RTFQ. :)

Amazing! So useful. THX!

Thanks :)

Gracias 👌

thanks! works great

Another way which uses a cryptographically secure random number generator, in UUID format.

var ID = () => {
  let array = new Uint32Array(8)
  window.crypto.getRandomValues(array)
  let str = ''
  for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
    str += (i < 2 || i > 5 ? '' : '-') + array[i].toString(16).slice(-4)
  }
  return str
}

This comment is the answer. It's from Mozilla Developer MDN Web Docs and supported by all kinds of browsers out there on both computer and mobile including Node.js server.
Thanks.

I would go for

return ('000000000' + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9)).slice(-9);

This would always return 9 digits. If the random number happens to be 0.0, the original code would return '_'.

My version would return 000000000....

I would go for

return ('000000000' + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9)).slice(-9);

This would always return 9 digits. If the random number happens to be 0.0, the original code would return '_'.

My version would return 000000000....

Does it pass this duplicate key test?

The following code block can also be the answer for generating a unique id. It's in the same comment towards the end after checking the duplicates

function uniqueID(){
  function chr4(){
    return Math.random().toString(16).slice(-4);
  }
  return chr4() + chr4() +
    '-' + chr4() +
    '-' + chr4() +
    '-' + chr4() +
    '-' + chr4() + chr4() + chr4();
}

uniqueID() // "e27881c4-f924-b8f7-59d9-525878c7a812"

// NOTE: This format of 8 chars, followed by 3 groups of 4 chars, followed by 12 chars
//       is known as a UUID and is defined in RFC4122 and is a standard for generating unique IDs.
//       This function DOES NOT implement this standard. It simply outputs a string
//       that looks similar. The standard is found here: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt

thank you, I had been looking for ways to generate unique ids. finally found the better solution!

boi o boi thats way to great for noob like me...

Thanks...

what about this
return new Date().getTime().toString(36).concat(performance.now().toString(), Math.random().toString()).replace(/\./g,"");

Thanks

Can anyone reduce the length of the string by 5-6 Characters still maintaining the collision factor ?

Tha

what about this return new Date().getTime().toString(36).concat(performance.now().toString(), Math.random().toString()).replace(/\./g,"");

Thanks this was helpful