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uuid

package module

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Versions in this module

v1

v1.0.4

Sep 21, 2026

v1.0.3

Apr 8, 2022

v1.0.2

Jan 10, 2020

Changes in this version

+ func GenerateRandomBytesWithReader(size int, reader io.Reader) ([]byte, error)

+ func GenerateUUIDWithReader(reader io.Reader) (string, error)

v1.0.1

Nov 28, 2018

v1.0.0

Aug 30, 2018

Changes in this version

+ func FormatUUID(buf []byte) (string, error)

+ func GenerateRandomBytes(size int) ([]byte, error)

+ func GenerateUUID() (string, error)

+ func ParseUUID(uuid string) ([]byte, error)