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random.go
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random.go
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// Copyright (c) 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. This file is licensed under the Apache Software License, v. 2 except as noted otherwise in the LICENSE file
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
package utils
import (
"crypto/rand"
"math/big"
)
// GenerateRandomString uses crypto/rand to generate a random string of the specified length <n>.
// The set of allowed characters is [0-9a-zA-Z], thus no special characters are included in the output.
// Returns error if there was a problem during the random generation.
func GenerateRandomString(n int) (string, error) {
allowedCharacters := "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
return GenerateRandomStringFromCharset(n, allowedCharacters)
}
// GenerateRandomStringFromCharset generates a cryptographically secure random string of the specified length <n>.
// The set of allowed characters can be specified. Returns error if there was a problem during the random generation.
func GenerateRandomStringFromCharset(n int, allowedCharacters string) (string, error) {
output := make([]byte, n)
max := new(big.Int).SetInt64(int64(len(allowedCharacters)))
for i := range output {
randomCharacter, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, max)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
output[i] = allowedCharacters[randomCharacter.Int64()]
}
return string(output), nil
}