smartid

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smartid

The smartid package generates URL-friendly 160 bit (20 byte) random identifiers, base64 encoded.

160 bit is better than uid v4 (122 bit) and is OWASP-compatible (>= 128 bit)

install

go get github.com/dmasior/smartid

usage

id := smartid.MustNew()

fmt.Println(id.String())

// Prints: 9z4Q7WaUmzQetcj8CCWcKITTg3w

Documentation

View GoDocs: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/dmasior/smartid

Documentation

Index

• func MustNewString() string
• type SmartID
  • func Must(ID SmartID, err error) SmartID
  • func MustNew() SmartID
  • func New() (SmartID, error)
  • func (s SmartID) String() string

Examples

• MustNew

Functions

func MustNewString

func MustNewString() string

MustNewString creates new SmartID and returns it as string or panics.

Types

type SmartID

type SmartID [27]byte

A SmartID has size of 27 bytes which is encoded size of a 160 bit (20 byte) random identifier.

func Must

func Must(ID SmartID, err error) SmartID

Must returns SmartID if err is nil and panics otherwise.

func MustNew

func MustNew() SmartID

MustNew creates new SmartID or panics.

Example

id := MustNew()

fmt.Println(id.String())

func New

func New() (SmartID, error)

New creates new SmartID.

func (SmartID) String

func (s SmartID) String() string

String returns string from SmartID