Different ways to output IDs with Node.

index.mjs

/**
 * @see https://medium.com/geekculture/the-wild-world-of-unique-identifiers-uuid-ulid-etc-17cfb2a38fce
 * @see https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/uuids-and-ulids/
 *
 * Install with `npm init -y && npm install uuid nanoid ulidx -S`
 */
import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
import { v4 } from 'uuid';
import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
import { ulid } from 'ulidx';

const id_1 = randomUUID();
console.log('Random UUID (native):', id_1);
// Random UUID (native): b148806d-61c6-4342-9695-8cd4b95271ef

const id_2 = v4();
console.log('UUID v4:', id_2);
// UUID v4: e0694bba-f38f-4c21-b068-883b1710fbf6

const id_3 = nanoid();
console.log('Nanoid:', id_3);
// Nanoid: dtoeX8xh5rCX-bh2qS9bQ

const id_4 = ulid();
console.log('ULID:', id_4);
// ULID: 01HHY2H8FNWTDWCFTJXJYHFM9F