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How do I create GUIDs (globally-unique identifiers) in JavaScript? The GUID / UUID should be at least 32 characters and should stay in the ASCII range to avoid trouble when passing them around.
I’m not sure what routines are available on all browsers, how "random" and seeded the built-in random number generator is, etc.
UUIDs (Universally Unique IDentifier), also known as GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifier), according to RFC 4122, are identifiers designed to provide certain uniqueness guarantees.
While it is possible to implement RFC-compliant UUIDs in a few lines of JavaScript code (e.g., see @broofa’s answer, below) there are several common pitfalls:
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-Mxxx-Nxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", where x is one of [0-9, a-f] M is one of [1-5], and N is [8, 9, a, or b]Math.random)Thus, developers writing code for production environments are encouraged to use a rigorous, well-maintained implementation such as the uuid module.