Identical is a simple node module that translates between numeric ids and alphanumeric ids using a user definable alphabet (a string representing the conversion table).
Why? Because:
- Shorter URLs == Cooler URLs;
- Your row-ids are shy;
- Base36 is too mainstream for you.
var Identical = require('identical');
var i = new Identical('0123456789abcdefghijklmnoprstuvxwyz');
console.log(i.stringify(123456789)); // prints '2c9g1u'
console.log(i.numerify('2c9g1u')); // prints '123456789'MIT.