package stringid import ( "crypto/rand" "encoding/hex" "io" "regexp" "strconv" ) const shortLen = 12 // Determine if an arbitrary string *looks like* a short ID. func IsShortID(id string) bool { return regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z0-9]{12}$").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] } // GenerateRandomID returns an unique id func GenerateRandomID() string { for { id := make([]byte, 32) if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, id); err != nil { panic(err) // This shouldn't happen } value := hex.EncodeToString(id) // 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(value), 10, 64); err == nil { continue } return value } }