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node-randomstring
Library to help you create random strings.
Installation
To install randomstring, use npm:
npm install randomstringUsage
var randomstring = require("randomstring");
randomstring.generate();
// >> "XwPp9xazJ0ku5CZnlmgAx2Dld8SHkAeT"
randomstring.generate(7);
// >> "xqm5wXX"
randomstring.generate({
length: 12,
charset: 'alphabetic'
});
// >> "AqoTIzKurxJi"
randomstring.generate({
charset: 'abc'
});
// >> "accbaabbbbcccbccccaacacbbcbbcbbc"
randomstring.generate({
charset: ['numeric', '!']
});
// >> "145132!87663611567!2486211!07856"
randomstring.generate({
charset: 'abc'
}, cb);
// >> "cb(generatedString) {}"
API
randomstring.
generate(options, cb)optionslength- the length of the random string. (default: 32) [OPTIONAL]readable- exclude poorly readable chars: 0OIl. (default: false) [OPTIONAL]charset- define the character set for the string. (default: 'alphanumeric') [OPTIONAL]alphanumeric- [0-9 a-z A-Z]alphabetic- [a-z A-Z]numeric- [0-9]hex- [0-9 a-f]binary- [01]octal- [0-7]custom- any given characters[]- An array of any above
capitalization- define whether the output should be lowercase / uppercase only. (default: null) [OPTIONAL]lowercaseuppercase
cb- Optional. If provided uses async version ofcrypto.randombytes
Command Line Usage
$ npm install -g randomstring
$ randomstring
> sKCx49VgtHZ59bJOTLcU0Gr06ogUnDJi
$ randomstring 7
> CpMg433
$ randomstring length=24 charset=github readable
> hthbtgiguihgbuttuutubuggTests
npm install
npm testLICENSE
node-randomstring is licensed under the MIT license.