Mongo-ObjectID


> A MongoDB specification based implementation of ObjectID

Goal is to provide a correct MongoDB ObjectID implementation, in order to ensure impossibility to create similar entries on fast generation (as saw on other open source package)

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- Installation
- Usage
- Documentation
- API
- FAQ

Installation

npm install mongo-objectid

Usage

``$xslt
mkdir myproject
cd myproject
npm init
npm install mongo-objectid
touch index.js
`


And there just use that snipets to start playing ! :

`js
const ObjectId = require('mongo-objectid');
const id = new ObjectId();
`

Documentation

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#### constructor([hexid])

#### toString()

Returns the ID

#### .isValid()

Validate the ID against specification.

#### .setMachineId([machineId])

This will set a new machine id and regenerate new id (careful, timevalue also change with this process).

- machineId : optional - Allow to pass a specific machine id value;

#### .generateNew([time])

Allow to generate a new ID

- time : default : Date.now() - Allow to pass a specific time value


#### .getDate()

Return the Date object corresponding to the time of the ObjectID creation

#### .getTimestamp()`

Return the timestamp in ms corresponding to the time of ObjectID creation

FAQ :

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For development purpose, I decided that being able to console view the object without all the nested parent thing was handy a clean.
That's the only reason. But Node V.12 is old enough already, no point sticking to the past.