How can I generate unique user ID's? | NestJS | Page 1

jolly igloo Mar 18, 2023, 9:48 PM

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Hey, heard about https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid or https://www.npmjs.com/package/nanoid

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uuid

RFC4122 (v1, v4, and v5) UUIDs. Latest version: 9.0.0, last published: 6 months ago. Start using uuid in your project by running npm i uuid. There are 52145 other projects in the npm registry using uuid.

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nanoid

A tiny (116 bytes), secure URL-friendly unique string ID generator. Latest version: 4.0.1, last published: a month ago. Start using nanoid in your project by running npm i nanoid. There are 6151 other projects in the npm registry using nanoid.

fathom forge Mar 18, 2023, 9:56 PM

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By your db to choise library to generate the userId
With postgres use uuid v4 or newest
With mongoDB use mongodb

old lance Mar 19, 2023, 8:35 AM

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fathom forge By your db to choise library to generate the userId With postgres use uuid v4 or...

I use mysql

old lance Mar 19, 2023, 8:35 AM

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jolly igloo Hey, heard about https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid or https://www.npmjs.com/pac...

Thanks, I'll look into them!

old lance Mar 19, 2023, 8:55 AM

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jolly igloo Hey, heard about https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid or https://www.npmjs.com/pac...

They work but I'd like to use a numeric value of 12 numbers

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its a bit overkill with those packages

old lance Mar 19, 2023, 3:40 PM

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still looking for help

still widget Mar 19, 2023, 6:22 PM

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old lance still looking for help

why dont u use node crypto api?

#How can I generate unique user ID's?