How to create a UUID in JavaScript

Creating a globally unique identifier has always been a necessity in all programming languages and for some reason, JavaScript never had a way of doing it in the default spec. But that is changing now with the crypto API. We can now create a UUID in JavaScript.

What is UUID/GUID?

A universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit label used for information in computer systems. The term globally unique identifier (GUID) is also used instead of UUID.

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For example: “4ab4e2a1-0efb-4e5b-8f73-e503f5b8e89f”

Create a UUID in JavaScript

Traditionally, we needed to use either Math.Random(), or the Date object and then convert it into a UUID format. But now all we need is:

crypto.randomUUID() // "819df8d4-587b-4200-90b3-d30f8ed01457"

It is important to note that it still might not generate a unique value though the probability of that happening is fairly low.

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