UUIDs ES6

uuid.js

/**
 * Convert a number or array of integers to a string of padded hex octets.
 */
function asHex(value: Array<number> | Uint8Array): string {
  return Array.from(value).map(i => ('00' + i.toString(16)).slice(-2)).join('');
}

/**
 * Attempt to securely generate random bytes/
 */
function getRandomBytes(size: number): Array<number> | Uint8Array {
  // SPRNG
  if ((typeof Uint8Array == 'function') && window.crypto) {
    let buffer = new Uint8Array(size);
    return window.crypto.getRandomValues(buffer);
  }

  // Insecure random
  return Array.from(new Array(size), () => Math.random() * 255 | 0);
}

/**
 * Generate a RFC4122-compliant v4 UUID.
 *
 * @see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt
 */
export function generateUuid(): string {
  const version = 0b01000000;
  const clockSeqHiAndReserved = getRandomBytes(1);
  const timeHiAndVersion = getRandomBytes(2);

  clockSeqHiAndReserved[0] &= 0b00111111 | 0b10000000;
  timeHiAndVersion[0] &= 0b00001111 | version;

  return [
    asHex(getRandomBytes(4)),     // time-low
    '-',
    asHex(getRandomBytes(2)),     // time-mid
    '-',
    asHex(timeHiAndVersion),      // time-high-and-version
    '-',
    asHex(clockSeqHiAndReserved), // clock-seq-and-reserved
    asHex(getRandomBytes(1)),     // clock-seq-loq
    '-',
    asHex(getRandomBytes(6))      // node
  ].join('');
}