YYID for JavaScript (Browser)

• Generates a random string in UUID#4 format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
• In contrast to RFC 4122, it uses all digits (128bit)
• Uses a crytographically solid source of randomness: crypto.getRandomValues
• See yyid-node for a server-side (node.js) version

Install

npm

$ npm install yyid

Bower

$ bower install yyid

script file

Copy yyid.js

Usage

Use with your favorite build tool or directly via browser global:

<script src="/path/to/yyid.js"></script>
<script>
yyid(); // => 'ee1c3727-d589-729b-4ad9-a37f77173730'
</script>

Other Versions

YYID is available for more languages, such as Ruby, Elixir, or Rust.