Node.JS

Generate UUID-like strings with crypto in Node.JS

const crypto = require('crypto');
let uuidStyleStr = crypto.randomBytes(4).toString('hex') + "-" +
    crypto.randomBytes(2).toString('hex') + "-" +
    crypto.randomBytes(2).toString('hex') + "-" +
    crypto.randomBytes(2).toString('hex') + "-" +
    crypto.randomBytes(6).toString('hex');
console.log(uuidStyleStr);

Sample output:

b99c8dbc-1258-a348-3046-1674613bd86a

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