random

Documentation

Overview

Package random contains some nifty tools for generating rantom numbers. It was lightly modified from an original blog article by Matt Silverlock (@elithrar@mastodon.social) posted here: https://blog.questionable.services/article/generating-secure-random-numbers-crypto-rand/

Index

• func Base64URLEncode(b []byte) string
• func GenerateBytes(n int) ([]byte, error)
• func GenerateString(s int) (string, error)

Functions

func Base64URLEncode

func Base64URLEncode(b []byte) string

Base64URLEncode base64 encodes the given bytes in a URL-safe way

func GenerateBytes

func GenerateBytes(n int) ([]byte, error)

GenerateBytes returns securely generated random bytes. It will return an error if the system's secure random number generator fails to function correctly, in which case the caller should not continue.

func GenerateString

func GenerateString(s int) (string, error)

GenerateString returns a URL-safe, base64 encoded securely generated random string. It will return an error if the system's secure random number generator fails to function correctly, in which case the caller should not continue.