ShortId for Meteor

Amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique id generator.

ShortId creates amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique ids. Perfect for url shorteners, MongoDB and Reddis ids, and any other id users might see.

By default 7-14 url-friendly characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _-
Non-sequential so they are not predictable.
Can generate any number of ids without duplicates, even millions per day.
Perfect for games, especially if you are concerned about cheating so you don't want an easily guessable id.
Apps can be restarted any number of times without any chance of repeating an id.
Popular replacement for Mongo ID/Mongoose ID.
Modified to work with Meteor.

Tests

You can run tests with:

meteor test-packages ./

Usage

On the Server or the Client:

console.log(ShortId.generate());
//PPBqWA9

The Client and Server will generate unique ids locally. Multiple servers may generate the same id, and multiple clients may generate the same id. This is because the seeds are not currently synchronized.

About the Original Author

Hi! Thanks for checking out this project! My name is Dylan Greene. When not overwhelmed with my two young kids I enjoy contributing to the open source community. I'm also a tech lead at Opower.

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`grunt‑attention`	Display attention-grabbing messages in the terminal
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`anthology`	Module information and stats for any @npmjs user
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