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Kitanga Nday
Kitanga Nday

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Easily create UUIDs without a package

So you want to create UUIDs but you don't want to download node-uuid or some other UUID generating library. Then I think you'll like the Web Crypto API.

See, this API comes with a method called randomUUID which generates a random and valid version 4 UUID.

Example:

const uuid = window.crypto.randomUUID(); // returns '5ac3544a-2c5e-4428-b948-41762b123e11'
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Hopefully, this comes in handy for you. And before you ask, browser support is amazing!

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Debajyati Dey

Thanks for sharing 😊🙏