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std/uuid/mod.ts>v5.generate

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function v5.generate
import { v5 } from "https://deno.land/std@0.149.0/uuid/mod.ts";
const { generate } = v5;

Generate a RFC4122 v5 UUID (SHA-1 namespace).

import { generate } from "./v5.ts";

const NAMESPACE_URL = "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8";

const uuid = await generate(NAMESPACE_URL, new TextEncoder().encode("python.org"));
uuid === "886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d" // true

Parameters

namespace: string

The namespace to use, encoded as a UUID.

data: Uint8Array

The data to hash to calculate the SHA-1 digest for the UUID.

Returns

Promise<string>