how to create unique id in node js code example

Example 1: javascript generate unique id

function uuidv4() {
  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
    var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
    return v.toString(16);
  });
}

console.log(uuidv4());

Example 2: javascript uniqie id

function uuid() {
  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
    var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
    return v.toString(16);
  });
}

var userID=uuid();//something like: "ec0c22fa-f909-48da-92cb-db17ecdb91c5"

Example 3: random id number nodejs

const crypto = require("crypto");

const id = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");

console.log(id); // => f9b327e70bbcf42494ccb28b2d98e00e

Example 4: node number id generator

npm i nodejs-unique-numeric-id-generator

# yarn

yarn add nodejs-unique-numeric-id-generator


# Node.js
var ID = require("nodejs-unique-numeric-id-generator")

ID.generate(new Date().toJSON()); #output: "118626"