Usage

uid(8); // => "a3fSDf32"

Installation

CLI

npx atmx add helper uid

Manually

Copy and paste the following method into @/utils/helpers/uid.ts:

import { iterate } from "@/helpers/iterate.ts";
import { random } from "@/helpers/random.ts";

/**
* Generate a random string of a given length.
*
* @example
* uid(8) // => "a3fSDf32"
*/
export function uid(length: number, specials = ""): string {
const characters =
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789" + specials;
return iterate(
length,
(acc) => {
  return acc + characters.charAt(random(0, characters.length - 1));
},
"",
);
}