ID - a unique ID/name generator for JavaScript

ID.js

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

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

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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());
};

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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!

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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

Arthur

Good one! thanks!