uuid 
Simple, fast generation of RFC4122 UUIDS.
Features:
- Support for version 1, 3, 4 and 5 UUIDs
- Cross-platform
- Uses cryptographically-strong random number APIs (when available)
- Zero-dependency, small footprint (... but not this small)
[Deprecation warning: The use of require('uuid') is deprecated and will not be
supported after version 3.x of this module.  Instead, use require('uuid/[v1|v3|v4|v5]') as shown in the examples below.]
Quickstart - CommonJS (Recommended)
npm install uuid
Then generate your uuid version of choice ...
Version 1 (timestamp):
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');
uuidv1(); // ⇨ '2c5ea4c0-4067-11e9-8bad-9b1deb4d3b7d'
Version 3 (namespace):
const uuidv3 = require('uuid/v3');
// ... using predefined DNS namespace (for domain names)
uuidv3('hello.example.com', uuidv3.DNS); // ⇨ '9125a8dc-52ee-365b-a5aa-81b0b3681cf6'
// ... using predefined URL namespace (for, well, URLs)
uuidv3('http://example.com/hello', uuidv3.URL); // ⇨ 'c6235813-3ba4-3801-ae84-e0a6ebb7d138'
// ... using a custom namespace
//
// Note: Custom namespaces should be a UUID string specific to your application!
// E.g. the one here was generated using this modules `uuid` CLI.
const MY_NAMESPACE = '1b671a64-40d5-491e-99b0-da01ff1f3341';
uuidv3('Hello, World!', MY_NAMESPACE); // ⇨ 'e8b5a51d-11c8-3310-a6ab-367563f20686'
Version 4 (random):
const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');
uuidv4(); // ⇨ '1b9d6bcd-bbfd-4b2d-9b5d-ab8dfbbd4bed'
Version 5 (namespace):
const uuidv5 = require('uuid/v5');
// ... using predefined DNS namespace (for domain names)
uuidv5('hello.example.com', uuidv5.DNS); // ⇨ 'fdda765f-fc57-5604-a269-52a7df8164ec'
// ... using predefined URL namespace (for, well, URLs)
uuidv5('http://example.com/hello', uuidv5.URL); // ⇨ '3bbcee75-cecc-5b56-8031-b6641c1ed1f1'
// ... using a custom namespace
//
// Note: Custom namespaces should be a UUID string specific to your application!
// E.g. the one here was generated using this modules `uuid` CLI.
const MY_NAMESPACE = '1b671a64-40d5-491e-99b0-da01ff1f3341';
uuidv5('Hello, World!', MY_NAMESPACE); // ⇨ '630eb68f-e0fa-5ecc-887a-7c7a62614681'
API
Version 1
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');
// Incantations
uuidv1();
uuidv1(options);
uuidv1(options, buffer, offset);
Generate and return a RFC4122 v1 (timestamp-based) UUID.
- 
options- (Object) Optional uuid state to apply. Properties may include:- node- (Array) Node id as Array of 6 bytes (per 4.1.6). Default: Randomly generated ID. See note 1.
- clockseq- (Number between 0 - 0x3fff) RFC clock sequence. Default: An internally maintained clockseq is used.
- msecs- (Number) Time in milliseconds since unix Epoch. Default: The current time is used.
- nsecs- (Number between 0-9999) additional time, in 100-nanosecond units. Ignored if- msecsis unspecified. Default: internal uuid counter is used, as per 4.2.1.2.
 
- 
buffer- (Array | Buffer) Array or buffer where UUID bytes are to be written.
- 
offset- (Number) Starting index inbufferat which to begin writing.
Returns buffer, if specified, otherwise the string form of the UUID
Note: The default node id (the last 12 digits in the UUID) is generated once, randomly, on process startup, and then remains unchanged for the duration of the process.
Example: Generate string UUID with fully-specified options
const v1options = {
  node: [0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab],
  clockseq: 0x1234,
  msecs: new Date('2011-11-01').getTime(),
  nsecs: 5678
};
uuidv1(v1options); // ⇨ '710b962e-041c-11e1-9234-0123456789ab'
Example: In-place generation of two binary IDs
// Generate two ids in an array
const arr = new Array();
uuidv1(null, arr, 0);  // ⇨ 
  // [
  //    44,  94, 164, 192,  64, 103,
  //    17, 233, 146,  52, 155,  29,
  //   235,  77,  59, 125
  // ]
uuidv1(null, arr, 16); // ⇨ 
  // [
  //    44, 94, 164, 192,  64, 103, 17, 233,
  //   146, 52, 155,  29, 235,  77, 59, 125,
  //    44, 94, 164, 193,  64, 103, 17, 233,
  //   146, 52, 155,  29, 235,  77, 59, 125
  // ]
Version 3
const uuidv3 = require('uuid/v3');
// Incantations
uuidv3(name, namespace);
uuidv3(name, namespace, buffer);
uuidv3(name, namespace, buffer, offset);
Generate and return a RFC4122 v3 UUID.
- name- (String | Array[]) "name" to create UUID with
- namespace- (String | Array[]) "namespace" UUID either as a String or Array[16] of byte values
- buffer- (Array | Buffer) Array or buffer where UUID bytes are to be written.
- offset- (Number) Starting index in- bufferat which to begin writing. Default = 0
Returns buffer, if specified, otherwise the string form of the UUID
Example:
uuidv3('hello world', MY_NAMESPACE);  // ⇨ '042ffd34-d989-321c-ad06-f60826172424'
Version 4
const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4')
// Incantations
uuidv4();
uuidv4(options);
uuidv4(options, buffer, offset);
Generate and return a RFC4122 v4 UUID.
- options- (Object) Optional uuid state to apply. Properties may include:- random- (Number[16]) Array of 16 numbers (0-255) to use in place of randomly generated values
- rng- (Function) Random # generator function that returns an Array[16] of byte values (0-255)
 
- buffer- (Array | Buffer) Array or buffer where UUID bytes are to be written.
- offset- (Number) Starting index in- bufferat which to begin writing.
Returns buffer, if specified, otherwise the string form of the UUID
Example: Generate string UUID with predefined random values
const v4options = {
  random: [
    0x10, 0x91, 0x56, 0xbe, 0xc4, 0xfb, 0xc1, 0xea,
    0x71, 0xb4, 0xef, 0xe1, 0x67, 0x1c, 0x58, 0x36
  ]
};
uuidv4(v4options); // ⇨ '109156be-c4fb-41ea-b1b4-efe1671c5836'
Example: Generate two IDs in a single buffer
const buffer = new Array();
uuidv4(null, buffer, 0);  // ⇨ 
  // [
  //   155, 29, 235,  77,  59,
  //   125, 75, 173, 155, 221,
  //    43, 13, 123,  61, 203,
  //   109
  // ]
uuidv4(null, buffer, 16); // ⇨ 
  // [
  //   155,  29, 235,  77,  59, 125,  75, 173,
  //   155, 221,  43,  13, 123,  61, 203, 109,
  //    27, 157, 107, 205, 187, 253,  75,  45,
  //   155,  93, 171, 141, 251, 189,  75, 237
  // ]
Version 5
const uuidv5 = require('uuid/v5');
// Incantations
uuidv5(name, namespace);
uuidv5(name, namespace, buffer);
uuidv5(name, namespace, buffer, offset);
Generate and return a RFC4122 v5 UUID.
- name- (String | Array[]) "name" to create UUID with
- namespace- (String | Array[]) "namespace" UUID either as a String or Array[16] of byte values
- buffer- (Array | Buffer) Array or buffer where UUID bytes are to be written.
- offset- (Number) Starting index in- bufferat which to begin writing. Default = 0
Returns buffer, if specified, otherwise the string form of the UUID
Example:
uuidv5('hello world', MY_NAMESPACE);  // ⇨ '9f282611-e0fd-5650-8953-89c8e342da0b'
Command Line
UUIDs can be generated from the command line with the uuid command.
$ uuid
ddeb27fb-d9a0-4624-be4d-4615062daed4
$ uuid v1
02d37060-d446-11e7-a9fa-7bdae751ebe1
Type uuid --help for usage details
Testing
npm test
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