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| # uuid [](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/actions?query=workflow%3ACI) [](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/actions/workflows/browser.yml) | |
| For the creation of [RFC9562](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html) (formerly [RFC4122](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4122.html)) UUIDs | |
| - **Complete** - Support for all RFC9562 UUID versions | |
| - **Cross-platform** - Support for... | |
| - [Typescript](#support) | |
| - [Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge](#support) | |
| - [NodeJS](#support) | |
| - [React Native / Expo](#react-native--expo) | |
| - **Secure** - Uses modern `crypto` API for random values | |
| - **Compact** - Zero-dependency, [tree-shakable](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Tree_shaking) | |
| - **CLI** - [`uuid` command line](#command-line) utility | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > | |
| > Starting with `uuid@12` CommonJS is no longer supported. See [implications](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c) and [motivation](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/issues/881) for details. | |
| ## Quickstart | |
| **1. Install** | |
| ```shell | |
| npm install uuid | |
| ``` | |
| **2. Create a UUID** | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv4(); // ⇨ 'ab16e731-6cee-424d-81a0-5929e9bdb0cc' | |
| ``` | |
| For timestamp UUIDs, namespace UUIDs, and other options read on ... | |
| ## API Summary | |
| | | | | | |
| | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | |
| | [`uuid.NIL`](#uuidnil) | The nil UUID string (all zeros) | New in `uuid@8.3` | | |
| | [`uuid.MAX`](#uuidmax) | The max UUID string (all ones) | New in `uuid@9.1` | | |
| | [`uuid.parse()`](#uuidparsestr) | Convert UUID string to array of bytes | New in `uuid@8.3` | | |
| | [`uuid.stringify()`](#uuidstringifyarr-offset) | Convert array of bytes to UUID string | New in `uuid@8.3` | | |
| | [`uuid.v1()`](#uuidv1options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 1 (timestamp) UUID | | | |
| | [`uuid.v1ToV6()`](#uuidv1tov6uuid) | Create a version 6 UUID from a version 1 UUID | New in `uuid@10` | | |
| | [`uuid.v3()`](#uuidv3name-namespace-buffer-offset) | Create a version 3 (namespace w/ MD5) UUID | | | |
| | [`uuid.v4()`](#uuidv4options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 4 (random) UUID | | | |
| | [`uuid.v5()`](#uuidv5name-namespace-buffer-offset) | Create a version 5 (namespace w/ SHA-1) UUID | | | |
| | [`uuid.v6()`](#uuidv6options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 6 (timestamp, reordered) UUID | New in `uuid@10` | | |
| | [`uuid.v6ToV1()`](#uuidv6tov1uuid) | Create a version 1 UUID from a version 6 UUID | New in `uuid@10` | | |
| | [`uuid.v7()`](#uuidv7options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 7 (Unix Epoch time-based) UUID | New in `uuid@10` | | |
| | ~~[`uuid.v8()`](#uuidv8)~~ | "Intentionally left blank" | | | |
| | [`uuid.validate()`](#uuidvalidatestr) | Test a string to see if it is a valid UUID | New in `uuid@8.3` | | |
| | [`uuid.version()`](#uuidversionstr) | Detect RFC version of a UUID | New in `uuid@8.3` | | |
| ## API | |
| ### uuid.NIL | |
| The nil UUID string (all zeros). | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { NIL as NIL_UUID } from "uuid"; | |
| NIL_UUID; // ⇨ '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.MAX | |
| The max UUID string (all ones). | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { MAX as MAX_UUID } from "uuid"; | |
| MAX_UUID; // ⇨ 'ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.parse(str) | |
| Convert UUID string to array of bytes | |
| | | | | |
| | --------- | ---------------------------------------- | | |
| | `str` | A valid UUID `String` | | |
| | _returns_ | `Uint8Array[16]` | | |
| | _throws_ | `TypeError` if `str` is not a valid UUID | | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below. | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { parse as uuidParse } from "uuid"; | |
| // Parse a UUID | |
| uuidParse("6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b"); // ⇨ | |
| // Uint8Array(16) [ | |
| // 110, 192, 189, 127, 17, | |
| // 192, 67, 218, 151, 94, | |
| // 42, 138, 217, 235, 174, | |
| // 11 | |
| // ] | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.stringify(arr[, offset]) | |
| Convert array of bytes to UUID string | |
| | | | | |
| | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | `arr` | `Array`-like collection of 16 values (starting from `offset`) between 0-255. | | |
| | [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Starting index in the Array | | |
| | _returns_ | `String` | | |
| | _throws_ | `TypeError` if a valid UUID string cannot be generated | | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below. | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { stringify as uuidStringify } from "uuid"; | |
| const uuidBytes = Uint8Array.of( | |
| 0x6e, | |
| 0xc0, | |
| 0xbd, | |
| 0x7f, | |
| 0x11, | |
| 0xc0, | |
| 0x43, | |
| 0xda, | |
| 0x97, | |
| 0x5e, | |
| 0x2a, | |
| 0x8a, | |
| 0xd9, | |
| 0xeb, | |
| 0xae, | |
| 0x0b, | |
| ); | |
| uuidStringify(uuidBytes); // ⇨ '6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v1([options[, buffer[, offset]]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 1 (timestamp) UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: | | |
| | [`options.node = (random)` ] | RFC "node" field as an `Array[6]` of byte values (per 4.1.6) | | |
| | [`options.clockseq = (random)`] | RFC "clock sequence" as a `Number` between 0 - 0x3fff | | |
| | [`options.msecs = (current time)`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of milliseconds, unix epoch) | | |
| | [`options.nsecs = 0`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of nanoseconds to add to `msecs`, should be 0-10,000) | | |
| | [`options.random = (random)`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) used to generate other fields, above | | |
| | [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) | | |
| | [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` | | |
| | [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` | | |
| | _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` | | |
| | _throws_ | `Error` if more than 10M UUIDs/sec are requested | | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v1 as uuidv1 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv1(); // ⇨ '4d9d2960-31d0-11f1-aba8-29728d41eeed' | |
| ``` | |
| Example using `options`: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v1 as uuidv1 } from "uuid"; | |
| const options = { | |
| node: Uint8Array.of(0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab), | |
| clockseq: 0x1234, | |
| msecs: new Date("2011-11-01").getTime(), | |
| nsecs: 5678, | |
| }; | |
| uuidv1(options); // ⇨ '710b962e-041c-11e1-9234-0123456789ab' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v1ToV6(uuid) | |
| Convert a UUID from version 1 to version 6 | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v1ToV6 } from "uuid"; | |
| v1ToV6("92f62d9e-22c4-11ef-97e9-325096b39f47"); // ⇨ '1ef22c49-2f62-6d9e-97e9-325096b39f47' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v3(name, namespace[, buffer[, offset]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 3 (namespace w/ MD5) UUID | |
| API is identical to `v5()`, but uses "v3" instead. | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!IMPORTANT] | |
| > Per the RFC, "_If backward compatibility is not an issue, SHA-1 [Version 5] is preferred_." | |
| ### uuid.v4([options[, buffer[, offset]]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 4 (random) UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: | | |
| | [`options.random`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) | | |
| | [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) | | |
| | [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` | | |
| | [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` | | |
| | _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` | | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv4(); // ⇨ '7934256a-bc92-4b69-b240-f9e463881aea' | |
| ``` | |
| Example using predefined `random` values: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"; | |
| const v4options = { | |
| random: Uint8Array.of( | |
| 0x10, | |
| 0x91, | |
| 0x56, | |
| 0xbe, | |
| 0xc4, | |
| 0xfb, | |
| 0xc1, | |
| 0xea, | |
| 0x71, | |
| 0xb4, | |
| 0xef, | |
| 0xe1, | |
| 0x67, | |
| 0x1c, | |
| 0x58, | |
| 0x36, | |
| ), | |
| }; | |
| uuidv4(v4options); // ⇨ '109156be-c4fb-41ea-b1b4-efe1671c5836' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v5(name, namespace[, buffer[, offset]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 5 (namespace w/ SHA-1) UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | `name` | `String \| Array` | | |
| | `namespace` | `String \| Array[16]` Namespace UUID | | |
| | [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` | | |
| | [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` | | |
| | _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` | | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > The RFC `DNS` and `URL` namespaces are available as `v5.DNS` and `v5.URL`. | |
| Example with custom namespace: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v5 as uuidv5 } from "uuid"; | |
| // Define a custom namespace. Readers, create your own using something like | |
| // https://www.uuidgenerator.net/ | |
| const MY_NAMESPACE = "1b671a64-40d5-491e-99b0-da01ff1f3341"; | |
| uuidv5("Hello, World!", MY_NAMESPACE); // ⇨ '630eb68f-e0fa-5ecc-887a-7c7a62614681' | |
| ``` | |
| Example with RFC `URL` namespace: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v5 as uuidv5 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv5("https://www.w3.org/", uuidv5.URL); // ⇨ 'c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v6([options[, buffer[, offset]]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 6 (timestamp, reordered) UUID | |
| This method takes the same arguments as uuid.v1(). | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v6 as uuidv6 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv6(); // ⇨ '1f131d04-d9dc-65a0-9516-5be66631ce97' | |
| ``` | |
| Example using `options`: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v6 as uuidv6 } from "uuid"; | |
| const options = { | |
| node: [0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab], | |
| clockseq: 0x1234, | |
| msecs: new Date("2011-11-01").getTime(), | |
| nsecs: 5678, | |
| }; | |
| uuidv6(options); // ⇨ '1e1041c7-10b9-662e-9234-0123456789ab' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v6ToV1(uuid) | |
| Convert a UUID from version 6 to version 1 | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v6ToV1 } from "uuid"; | |
| v6ToV1("1ef22c49-2f62-6d9e-97e9-325096b39f47"); // ⇨ '92f62d9e-22c4-11ef-97e9-325096b39f47' | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.v7([options[, buffer[, offset]]]) | |
| Create an RFC version 7 (random) UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: | | |
| | [`options.msecs = (current time)`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of milliseconds, unix epoch) | | |
| | [`options.random = (random)`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) used to generate other fields, above | | |
| | [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) | | |
| | [`options.seq = (random)`] | 32-bit sequence `Number` between 0 - 0xffffffff. This may be provided to help ensure uniqueness for UUIDs generated within the same millisecond time interval. Default = random value. | | |
| | [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` | | |
| | [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` | | |
| | _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` | | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { v7 as uuidv7 } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidv7(); // ⇨ '019d637c-c6fb-74e9-8b9d-2f1d459a4201' | |
| ``` | |
| ### ~~uuid.v8()~~ | |
| **_"Intentionally left blank"_** | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > Version 8 (experimental) UUIDs are "[for experimental or vendor-specific use cases](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html#name-uuid-version-8)". The RFC does not define a creation algorithm for them, which is why this package does not offer a `v8()` method. The `validate()` and `version()` methods do work with such UUIDs, however. | |
| ### uuid.validate(str) | |
| Test a string to see if it is a valid UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | --------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | |
| | `str` | `String` to validate | | |
| | _returns_ | `true` if string is a valid UUID, `false` otherwise | | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { validate as uuidValidate } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidValidate("not a UUID"); // ⇨ false | |
| uuidValidate("6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b"); // ⇨ true | |
| ``` | |
| Using `validate` and `version` together it is possible to do per-version validation, e.g. validate for only v4 UUIds. | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { version as uuidVersion } from "uuid"; | |
| import { validate as uuidValidate } from "uuid"; | |
| function uuidValidateV4(uuid) { | |
| return uuidValidate(uuid) && uuidVersion(uuid) === 4; | |
| } | |
| const v1Uuid = "d9428888-122b-11e1-b85c-61cd3cbb3210"; | |
| const v4Uuid = "109156be-c4fb-41ea-b1b4-efe1671c5836"; | |
| uuidValidateV4(v4Uuid); // ⇨ true | |
| uuidValidateV4(v1Uuid); // ⇨ false | |
| ``` | |
| ### uuid.version(str) | |
| Detect RFC version of a UUID | |
| | | | | |
| | --------- | ---------------------------------------- | | |
| | `str` | A valid UUID `String` | | |
| | _returns_ | `Number` The RFC version of the UUID | | |
| | _throws_ | `TypeError` if `str` is not a valid UUID | | |
| Example: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import { version as uuidVersion } from "uuid"; | |
| uuidVersion("45637ec4-c85f-11ea-87d0-0242ac130003"); // ⇨ 1 | |
| uuidVersion("6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b"); // ⇨ 4 | |
| ``` | |
| <!-- prettier-ignore --> | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > This method returns `0` for the `NIL` UUID, and `15` for the `MAX` UUID. | |
| ## Command Line | |
| UUIDs can be generated from the command line using `uuid`. | |
| ```shell | |
| $ npx uuid | |
| ddeb27fb-d9a0-4624-be4d-4615062daed4 | |
| ``` | |
| The default is to generate version 4 UUIDS, however the other versions are supported. Type `uuid --help` for details: | |
| ```shell | |
| $ npx uuid --help | |
| Usage: | |
| uuid | |
| uuid v1 | |
| uuid v3 <name> <namespace uuid> | |
| uuid v4 | |
| uuid v5 <name> <namespace uuid> | |
| uuid v7 | |
| uuid --help | |
| Note: <namespace uuid> may be "URL" or "DNS" to use the corresponding UUIDs | |
| defined by RFC9562 | |
| ``` | |
| ## `options` Handling for Timestamp UUIDs | |
| Prior to `uuid@11`, it was possible for `options` state to interfere with the internal state used to ensure uniqueness of timestamp-based UUIDs (the `v1()`, `v6()`, and `v7()` methods). Starting with `uuid@11`, this issue has been addressed by using the presence of the `options` argument as a flag to select between two possible behaviors: | |
| - Without `options`: Internal state is utilized to improve UUID uniqueness. | |
| - With `options`: Internal state is **NOT** used and, instead, appropriate defaults are applied as needed. | |
| ## Support | |
| **Browsers**: `uuid` [builds are tested](/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/wdio.conf.js) against the latest version of desktop Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Mobile versions of these same browsers are expected to work but aren't currently tested. | |
| **Node**: `uuid` [builds are tested](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L26-L27) against node ([LTS releases](https://github.com/nodejs/Release)), plus one prior. E.g. At the time of this writing `node@20` is the "maintenance" release and `node@24` is the "current" release, so `uuid` supports `node@20`-`node@24`. | |
| **Typescript**: TS versions released within the past two years are supported. [source](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/49088#issuecomment-2468723715) | |
| ## Known issues | |
| <!-- This header is referenced as an anchor in src/rng.ts --> | |
| ### "getRandomValues() not supported" | |
| This error occurs in environments where the standard [`crypto.getRandomValues()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues) API is not supported. This issue can be resolved by adding an appropriate polyfill: | |
| #### React Native / Expo | |
| 1. Install [`react-native-get-random-values`](https://github.com/LinusU/react-native-get-random-values#readme) | |
| 1. Import it _before_ `uuid`. Since `uuid` might also appear as a transitive dependency of some other imports it's safest to just import `react-native-get-random-values` as the very first thing in your entry point: | |
| ```javascript | |
| import "react-native-get-random-values"; | |
| import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"; | |
| ``` | |
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