Go Nanoid

This package is Go implementation of ai's nanoid!

Safe. It uses cryptographically strong random generator.

Compact. It uses more symbols than UUID (A-Za-z0-9_-) and has the same number of unique options in just 22 symbols instead of 36.

Fast. Nanoid is as fast as UUID but can be used in URLs.

There's also this alternative: https://github.com/jaevor/go-nanoid.

Note

There's little to no development on this repo, intentionally. It does what it needs to do. Bug reports are welcomed, features might be implemented.

If you are considering more heavy weight solution that integrates with UUIDs (supported by many databases) I would suggest you take a look at typeid or other equivalents.

Install

Via go get tool

$ go get github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2

Usage

Generate ID

id, err := gonanoid.New()

Generate ID with a custom alphabet and length

id, err := gonanoid.Generate("abcde", 54)

Notice

If you use Go Nanoid in your project, please let me know!

If you have any issues, just feel free and open it in this repository, thanks!

Credits

• ai - nanoid
• icza - his tutorial on random strings in Go

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.