Generate UUID in JavaScript Without Libraries!

You'll often find it helpful to be able to generate UUIDs in JavaScript for use in your apps.

Until recently, I achieved this easily by installing something like uuid on npm.

But we can do this with the built-in Crypto web API.

How?

Simply call crypto.randomUUID() in your code, and it will generate you a unique UUID.

Example:

// logs a new UUID each time you run the script
console.log(crypto.randomUUID())
// Example output: '14ae278c-e736-49f5-aa3f-f921cc77bc64' 

All your modern browsers and Node v19+ support it.

Try it out and get rid of another module from your bundle. 🙈

Read more about the Crypto API here.

Happy coding! ✨

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