// Package stringid provides helper functions for dealing with string identifiers package stringid import ( "crypto/rand" "encoding/hex" "io" "regexp" "strconv" "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/random" ) const shortLen = 12 var validShortID = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z0-9]{12}$") // IsShortID determines if an arbitrary string *looks like* a short ID. func IsShortID(id string) bool { return validShortID.MatchString(id) } // TruncateID returns a shorthand version of a string identifier for convenience. // A collision with other shorthands is very unlikely, but possible. // In case of a collision a lookup with TruncIndex.Get() will fail, and the caller // will need to use a langer prefix, or the full-length Id. func TruncateID(id string) string { trimTo := shortLen if len(id) < shortLen { trimTo = len(id) } return id[:trimTo] } func generateID(crypto bool) string { b := make([]byte, 32) r := random.Reader if crypto { r = rand.Reader } for { if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, b); err != nil { panic(err) // This shouldn't happen } id := hex.EncodeToString(b) // if we try to parse the truncated for as an int and we don't have // an error then the value is all numberic and causes issues when // used as a hostname. ref #3869 if _, err := strconv.ParseInt(TruncateID(id), 10, 64); err == nil { continue } return id } } // GenerateRandomID returns an unique id. func GenerateRandomID() string { return generateID(true) } // GenerateNonCryptoID generates unique id without using cryptographically // secure sources of random. // It helps you to save entropy. func GenerateNonCryptoID() string { return generateID(false) }