UID (Unique ID)

THis package generates unique identifying strings. Largest attention is paid on human friendly unique identifiers (dated digits).

Installation

go get -u https://github.com/gouniverse/uid

Usage

// HumanUid generates a UUID (32 digits) Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMM-SSMM-MMMMNNNRRRRRRRRR
humanUID := uid.HumanUid()

// NanoUid generates a UID (23 digits) Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-MMMMMM-NNN
humanUID := uid.NanoUid()

// MicroUid generates a UID (20 digits) Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-MMMMMM
microUID := uid.MicroUid()

// SecUid generates UID (14 digits) Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS
secondsUID := uid.SecUid()

Supported UID Types

It supports several types of unique identifiers.

The type you want to use will usually depends on two considerations:

1. How random you want it to be? The longer the identifier, the more the chances of collision reduce
2. How long you want the identifier to be? The longer the identifier, reduces the readability, as well as the storage space to store it.

For most of the user cases a Micro UUID (20 chars) should be fine. A human UUID (32 chars) should be avoided where a human is involved as too "mind bogging" to work with.

1. Human UUID (32 digits)

   Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMM-SSMM-MMMMNNNRRRRRRRRR

   2017111908492665991498485465 (with dashes: 20171119-0849-2665-991498485465)

2. Nano UID (23 digits)

   Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-MMMMMM-NNN

   Examples:

   20171119084926659914984 (with dashes: 20171119-084926-659914-984)

3. Micro UID (20 digits)

   Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-MMMMMM

   Examples:

   20171119084926659914 (with dashes: 20171119-084926-659914)

4. Seconds UID (14 digits)

   Format: YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS

   Examples:

   20171119084926 (with dashes: 20171119-084926)

5. Timestamp (10 digits) Unit timestamp, seconds precision

   Format: 1234567890

   Examples:

   1704524414

6. TimestampMicro (16 digits) Unit timestamp, microseconds precision

   Format: 1234567890123456

   Examples:

   1704524414548721

7. TimestampNano (19 digits) Unit timestamp, nanoseconds precision

   Format: 1234567890123456789

   Examples:

   1704524414548721308

8. Uuid (32 characters) Random V4 UUID. UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier), also known as GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier)

   Format: abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890

   Examples:

   459e2999bd071151a23d643da42c2cc2

Change Log

2024.01.06 - Added Timestamp and Uuid functions 2021.12.19 - Master branch changed to main 2021.12.19 - Added tests

Similar Packages

• https://github.com/jaevor/go-nanoid (random 21 characters)
• https://github.com/zheng-ji/goSnowFlake (timestamp-workerid-sequence)
• https://github.com/damdo/randid (random IDs)
• https://github.com/matthewmueller/uid.go (shorcodes)
• https://github.com/aohorodnyk/uid (random IDs)
• https://github.com/google/uuid (UUIDs)
• https://github.com/oklog/ulid (???)
• https://github.com/chilts/sid (serial IDs)
• https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis (GUID 6?)
• https://github.com/jetpack-io/typeid (type_guid)