/** * Module dependencies */ var crypto = require('crypto'); /** * 62 characters in the ascii range that can be used in URLs without special * encoding. */ var UIDCHARS = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'; /** * Make a Buffer into a string ready for use in URLs * * @param {String} * @returns {String} * @api private */ function tostr(bytes) { var chars, r, i; r = []; for (i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) { r.push(UIDCHARS[bytes[i] % UIDCHARS.length]); } return r.join(''); } /** * Generate an Unique Id * * @param {Number} length The number of chars of the uid * @param {Number} cb (optional) Callback for async uid generation * @api public */ function uid(length, cb) { if (typeof cb === 'undefined') { return tostr(crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(length)); } else { crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(length, function(err, bytes) { if (err) return cb(err); cb(null, tostr(bytes)); }) } } /** * Exports */ module.exports = uid;