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Generate RFC-compliant UUIDs in JavaScript
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For the creation of [RFC9562](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html) (formerly [RFC4122](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4122.html)) UUIDs



- **Complete** - Support for all RFC9562 UUID versions

- **Cross-platform** - Support for...

  - ESM & Common JS

  - [Typescript](#support)

  - [Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge](#support)

  - [NodeJS](#support)

  - [React Native / Expo](#react-native--expo)

- **Secure** - Uses modern `crypto` API for random values

- **Compact** - Zero-dependency, [tree-shakable](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Tree_shaking)

- **CLI** - [`uuid` command line](#command-line) utility



> [!NOTE]

> `uuid@11` is now available:  See the [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md) for details. TL;DR:

> * TypeScript support is now included  (remove `@types/uuid` from your dependencies)

> * Subtle changes to how the `options` arg is interpreted for `v1()`, `v6()`, and `v7()`. [See details](#options-handling-for-timestamp-uuids)

> * Binary UUIDs are now `Uint8Array`s.  (May impact callers of `parse()`, `stringify()`,  or that pass an `option#buf` argument to `v1()`-`v7()`.)



## Quickstart



**1. Install**



```shell

npm install uuid

```



**2. Create a UUID**



ESM-syntax (must use named exports):



```javascript

import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';

uuidv4(); // ⇨ '9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d'

```



... CommonJS:



```javascript

const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');

uuidv4(); // ⇨ '1b9d6bcd-bbfd-4b2d-9b5d-ab8dfbbd4bed'

```



For timestamp UUIDs, namespace UUIDs, and other options read on ...



## API Summary



|  |  |  |

| --- | --- | --- |

| [`uuid.NIL`](#uuidnil) | The nil UUID string (all zeros) | New in `[email protected]` |

| [`uuid.MAX`](#uuidmax) | The max UUID string (all ones) | New in `[email protected]` |

| [`uuid.parse()`](#uuidparsestr) | Convert UUID string to array of bytes | New in `[email protected]` |

| [`uuid.stringify()`](#uuidstringifyarr-offset) | Convert array of bytes to UUID string | New in `[email protected]` |

| [`uuid.v1()`](#uuidv1options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 1 (timestamp) UUID |  |

| [`uuid.v1ToV6()`](#uuidv1tov6uuid) | Create a version 6 UUID from a version 1 UUID | New in `uuid@10` |

| [`uuid.v3()`](#uuidv3name-namespace-buffer-offset) | Create a version 3 (namespace w/ MD5) UUID |  |

| [`uuid.v4()`](#uuidv4options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 4 (random) UUID |  |

| [`uuid.v5()`](#uuidv5name-namespace-buffer-offset) | Create a version 5 (namespace w/ SHA-1) UUID |  |

| [`uuid.v6()`](#uuidv6options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 6 (timestamp, reordered) UUID | New in `uuid@10` |

| [`uuid.v6ToV1()`](#uuidv6tov1uuid) | Create a version 1 UUID from a version 6 UUID | New in `uuid@10` |

| [`uuid.v7()`](#uuidv7options-buffer-offset) | Create a version 7 (Unix Epoch time-based) UUID | New in `uuid@10` |

| ~~[`uuid.v8()`](#uuidv8)~~ | "Intentionally left blank" |  |

| [`uuid.validate()`](#uuidvalidatestr) | Test a string to see if it is a valid UUID | New in `[email protected]` |

| [`uuid.version()`](#uuidversionstr) | Detect RFC version of a UUID | New in `[email protected]` |



## API



### uuid.NIL



The nil UUID string (all zeros).



Example:



```javascript

import { NIL as NIL_UUID } from 'uuid';



NIL_UUID; // ⇨ '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'

```



### uuid.MAX



The max UUID string (all ones).



Example:



```javascript

import { MAX as MAX_UUID } from 'uuid';



MAX_UUID; // ⇨ 'ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff'

```



### uuid.parse(str)



Convert UUID string to array of bytes



|           |                                          |

| --------- | ---------------------------------------- |

| `str`     | A valid UUID `String`                    |

| _returns_ | `Uint8Array[16]`                         |

| _throws_  | `TypeError` if `str` is not a valid UUID |



> [!NOTE]

> Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below.



Example:



```javascript

import { parse as uuidParse } from 'uuid';



// Parse a UUID

uuidParse('6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b'); // ⇨

// Uint8Array(16) [

//   110, 192, 189, 127,  17,

//   192,  67, 218, 151,  94,

//    42, 138, 217, 235, 174,

//    11

// ]

```



### uuid.stringify(arr[, offset])



Convert array of bytes to UUID string



|                |                                                                              |

| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| `arr`          | `Array`-like collection of 16 values (starting from `offset`) between 0-255. |

| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Starting index in the Array                                         |

| _returns_      | `String`                                                                     |

| _throws_       | `TypeError` if a valid UUID string cannot be generated                       |



> [!NOTE]

> Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below.



Example:



```javascript

import { stringify as uuidStringify } from 'uuid';



const uuidBytes = Uint8Array.of(

  0x6e,

  0xc0,

  0xbd,

  0x7f,

  0x11,

  0xc0,

  0x43,

  0xda,

  0x97,

  0x5e,

  0x2a,

  0x8a,

  0xd9,

  0xeb,

  0xae,

  0x0b

);



uuidStringify(uuidBytes); // ⇨ '6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b'

```



### uuid.v1([options[, buffer[, offset]]])



Create an RFC version 1 (timestamp) UUID



|  |  |

| --- | --- |

| [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: |

| [`options.node = (random)` ] | RFC "node" field as an `Array[6]` of byte values (per 4.1.6) |

| [`options.clockseq = (random)`] | RFC "clock sequence" as a `Number` between 0 - 0x3fff |

| [`options.msecs = (current time)`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of milliseconds, unix epoch) |

| [`options.nsecs = 0`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of nanoseconds to add to `msecs`, should be 0-10,000) |

| [`options.random = (random)`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) used to generate other fields, above |

| [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) |

| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |

| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` |

| _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` |

| _throws_ | `Error` if more than 10M UUIDs/sec are requested |



> [!NOTE]

> The default [node id](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#section-5.1) (the last 12 digits in the UUID) is generated once, randomly, on process startup, and then remains unchanged for the duration of the process.



> [!NOTE]

> `options.random` and `options.rng` are only meaningful on the very first call to `v1()`, where they may be passed to initialize the internal `node` and `clockseq` fields.



Example:



```javascript

import { v1 as uuidv1 } from 'uuid';



uuidv1(); // ⇨ '2c5ea4c0-4067-11e9-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d'

```



Example using `options`:



```javascript

import { v1 as uuidv1 } from 'uuid';



const options = {

  node: Uint8Array.of(0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab),

  clockseq: 0x1234,

  msecs: new Date('2011-11-01').getTime(),

  nsecs: 5678,

};

uuidv1(options); // ⇨ '710b962e-041c-11e1-9234-0123456789ab'

```



### uuid.v1ToV6(uuid)



Convert a UUID from version 1 to version 6



```javascript

import { v1ToV6 } from 'uuid';



v1ToV6('92f62d9e-22c4-11ef-97e9-325096b39f47'); // ⇨ '1ef22c49-2f62-6d9e-97e9-325096b39f47'

```



### uuid.v3(name, namespace[, buffer[, offset]])



Create an RFC version 3 (namespace w/ MD5) UUID



API is identical to `v5()`, but uses "v3" instead.



> [!IMPORTANT]

> Per the RFC, "_If backward compatibility is not an issue, SHA-1 [Version 5] is preferred_."



### uuid.v4([options[, buffer[, offset]]])



Create an RFC version 4 (random) UUID



|  |  |

| --- | --- |

| [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: |

| [`options.random`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) |

| [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) |

| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |

| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` |

| _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` |



Example:



```javascript

import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';



uuidv4(); // ⇨ '9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d'

```



Example using predefined `random` values:



```javascript

import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';



const v4options = {

  random: Uint8Array.of(

    0x10,

    0x91,

    0x56,

    0xbe,

    0xc4,

    0xfb,

    0xc1,

    0xea,

    0x71,

    0xb4,

    0xef,

    0xe1,

    0x67,

    0x1c,

    0x58,

    0x36

  ),

};

uuidv4(v4options); // ⇨ '109156be-c4fb-41ea-b1b4-efe1671c5836'

```



### uuid.v5(name, namespace[, buffer[, offset]])



Create an RFC version 5 (namespace w/ SHA-1) UUID



|  |  |

| --- | --- |

| `name` | `String \| Array` |

| `namespace` | `String \| Array[16]` Namespace UUID |

| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |

| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` |

| _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` |



> [!NOTE]

> The RFC `DNS` and `URL` namespaces are available as `v5.DNS` and `v5.URL`.



Example with custom namespace:



```javascript

import { v5 as uuidv5 } from 'uuid';



// Define a custom namespace.  Readers, create your own using something like

// https://www.uuidgenerator.net/

const MY_NAMESPACE = '1b671a64-40d5-491e-99b0-da01ff1f3341';



uuidv5('Hello, World!', MY_NAMESPACE); // ⇨ '630eb68f-e0fa-5ecc-887a-7c7a62614681'

```



Example with RFC `URL` namespace:



```javascript

import { v5 as uuidv5 } from 'uuid';



uuidv5('https://www.w3.org/', uuidv5.URL); // ⇨ 'c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1'

```



### uuid.v6([options[, buffer[, offset]]])



Create an RFC version 6 (timestamp, reordered) UUID



This method takes the same arguments as uuid.v1().



```javascript

import { v6 as uuidv6 } from 'uuid';



uuidv6(); // ⇨ '1e940672-c5ea-64c0-9b5d-ab8dfbbd4bed'

```



Example using `options`:



```javascript

import { v6 as uuidv6 } from 'uuid';



const options = {

  node: [0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab],

  clockseq: 0x1234,

  msecs: new Date('2011-11-01').getTime(),

  nsecs: 5678,

};

uuidv6(options); // ⇨ '1e1041c7-10b9-662e-9234-0123456789ab'

```



### uuid.v6ToV1(uuid)



Convert a UUID from version 6 to version 1



```javascript

import { v6ToV1 } from 'uuid';



v6ToV1('1ef22c49-2f62-6d9e-97e9-325096b39f47'); // ⇨ '92f62d9e-22c4-11ef-97e9-325096b39f47'

```



### uuid.v7([options[, buffer[, offset]]])



Create an RFC version 7 (random) UUID



|  |  |

| --- | --- |

| [`options`] | `Object` with one or more of the following properties: |

| [`options.msecs = (current time)`] | RFC "timestamp" field (`Number` of milliseconds, unix epoch) |

| [`options.random = (random)`] | `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) used to generate other fields, above |

| [`options.rng`] | Alternative to `options.random`, a `Function` that returns an `Array` of 16 random bytes (0-255) |

| [`options.seq = (random)`] | 32-bit sequence `Number` between 0 - 0xffffffff. This may be provided to help ensure uniqueness for UUIDs generated within the same millisecond time interval. Default = random value. |

| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |

| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` |

| _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` |



Example:



```javascript

import { v7 as uuidv7 } from 'uuid';



uuidv7(); // ⇨ '01695553-c90c-705a-b56d-778dfbbd4bed'

```



### ~~uuid.v8()~~



**_"Intentionally left blank"_**



> [!NOTE]

> Version 8 (experimental) UUIDs are "[for experimental or vendor-specific use cases](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html#name-uuid-version-8)".  The RFC does not define a creation algorithm for them, which is why this package does not offer a `v8()` method.  The `validate()` and `version()` methods do work with such UUIDs, however.



### uuid.validate(str)



Test a string to see if it is a valid UUID



|           |                                                     |

| --------- | --------------------------------------------------- |

| `str`     | `String` to validate                                |

| _returns_ | `true` if string is a valid UUID, `false` otherwise |



Example:



```javascript

import { validate as uuidValidate } from 'uuid';



uuidValidate('not a UUID'); // ⇨ false

uuidValidate('6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b'); // ⇨ true

```



Using `validate` and `version` together it is possible to do per-version validation, e.g. validate for only v4 UUIds.



```javascript

import { version as uuidVersion } from 'uuid';

import { validate as uuidValidate } from 'uuid';



function uuidValidateV4(uuid) {

  return uuidValidate(uuid) && uuidVersion(uuid) === 4;

}



const v1Uuid = 'd9428888-122b-11e1-b85c-61cd3cbb3210';

const v4Uuid = '109156be-c4fb-41ea-b1b4-efe1671c5836';



uuidValidateV4(v4Uuid); // ⇨ true

uuidValidateV4(v1Uuid); // ⇨ false

```



### uuid.version(str)



Detect RFC version of a UUID



|           |                                          |

| --------- | ---------------------------------------- |

| `str`     | A valid UUID `String`                    |

| _returns_ | `Number` The RFC version of the UUID     |

| _throws_  | `TypeError` if `str` is not a valid UUID |



Example:



```javascript

import { version as uuidVersion } from 'uuid';



uuidVersion('45637ec4-c85f-11ea-87d0-0242ac130003'); // ⇨ 1

uuidVersion('6ec0bd7f-11c0-43da-975e-2a8ad9ebae0b'); // ⇨ 4

```



> [!NOTE]

> This method returns `0` for the `NIL` UUID, and `15` for the `MAX` UUID.



## Command Line



UUIDs can be generated from the command line using `uuid`.



```shell

$ npx uuid

ddeb27fb-d9a0-4624-be4d-4615062daed4

```



The default is to generate version 4 UUIDS, however the other versions are supported. Type `uuid --help` for details:



```shell

$ npx uuid --help



Usage:

  uuid

  uuid v1

  uuid v3  

  uuid v4

  uuid v5  

  uuid v7

  uuid --help



Note:  may be "URL" or "DNS" to use the corresponding UUIDs

defined by RFC9562

```



## `options` Handling for Timestamp UUIDs



Prior to `uuid@11`, it was possible for `options` state to interfere with the internal state used to ensure uniqueness of timestamp-based UUIDs (the `v1()`, `v6()`, and `v7()` methods). Starting with `uuid@11`, this issue has been addressed by using the presence of the `options` argument as a flag to select between two possible behaviors:



- Without `options`: Internal state is utilized to improve UUID uniqueness.

- With `options`: Internal state is **NOT** used and, instead, appropriate defaults are applied as needed.



## Support



**Browsers**: `uuid` [builds are tested](/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/wdio.conf.js) against the latest version of desktop Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Mobile versions of these same browsers are expected to work but aren't currently tested.



**Node**: `uuid` [builds are tested](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L26-L27) against node ([LTS releases](https://github.com/nodejs/Release)), plus one prior. E.g. `node@18` is in maintainence mode, and `node@22` is the current LTS release. So `uuid` supports `node@16`-`node@22`.



**Typescript**: TS versions released within the past two years are supported. [source](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/49088#issuecomment-2468723715)



## Known issues



### "getRandomValues() not supported"



This error occurs in environments where the standard [`crypto.getRandomValues()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues) API is not supported. This issue can be resolved by adding an appropriate polyfill:



#### React Native / Expo



1. Install [`react-native-get-random-values`](https://github.com/LinusU/react-native-get-random-values#readme)

1. Import it _before_ `uuid`. Since `uuid` might also appear as a transitive dependency of some other imports it's safest to just import `react-native-get-random-values` as the very first thing in your entry point:



```javascript

import 'react-native-get-random-values';

import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';

```



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