let random = bytes => Promise.resolve(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(bytes))) let customAlphabet = (alphabet, size) => { // First, a bitmask is necessary to generate the ID. The bitmask makes bytes // values closer to the alphabet size. The bitmask calculates the closest // `2^31 - 1` number, which exceeds the alphabet size. // For example, the bitmask for the alphabet size 30 is 31 (00011111). // `Math.clz32` is not used, because it is not available in browsers. let mask = (2 << (Math.log(alphabet.length - 1) / Math.LN2)) - 1 // Though, the bitmask solution is not perfect since the bytes exceeding // the alphabet size are refused. Therefore, to reliably generate the ID, // the random bytes redundancy has to be satisfied. // Note: every hardware random generator call is performance expensive, // because the system call for entropy collection takes a lot of time. // So, to avoid additional system calls, extra bytes are requested in advance. // Next, a step determines how many random bytes to generate. // The number of random bytes gets decided upon the ID size, mask, // alphabet size, and magic number 1.6 (using 1.6 peaks at performance // according to benchmarks). // `-~f => Math.ceil(f)` if f is a float // `-~i => i + 1` if i is an integer let step = -~((1.6 * mask * size) / alphabet.length) return () => { let id = '' while (true) { let bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(step)) // A compact alternative for `for (var i = 0; i < step; i++)`. let i = step while (i--) { // Adding `|| ''` refuses a random byte that exceeds the alphabet size. id += alphabet[bytes[i] & mask] || '' if (id.length === size) return Promise.resolve(id) } } } } let nanoid = (size = 21) => { let id = '' let bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(size)) // A compact alternative for `for (var i = 0; i < step; i++)`. while (size--) { // It is incorrect to use bytes exceeding the alphabet size. // The following mask reduces the random byte in the 0-255 value // range to the 0-63 value range. Therefore, adding hacks, such // as empty string fallback or magic numbers, is unneccessary because // the bitmask trims bytes down to the alphabet size. let byte = bytes[size] & 63 if (byte < 36) { // `0-9a-z` id += byte.toString(36) } else if (byte < 62) { // `A-Z` id += (byte - 26).toString(36).toUpperCase() } else if (byte < 63) { id += '_' } else { id += '-' } } return Promise.resolve(id) } module.exports = { nanoid, customAlphabet, random }