util-func

Bunch of widely used functions in most common public projects

##Install

npm i -S util-func

How to use

var UTIL = require('util-func');

console.log(UTIL.getSlug('String 124 and & not symbol, bla bla'))

Utilities

uniqueID: function( length ){
// returns unique_ID of length n passed as argument || default 38
},
getUnixTimeStamp: function(){
// returns UNIX timestamp in milliseconds
},
randomString128bit: function(){
// returns 128 bit string
},
randomString: function(Flag){
/*
Returns random string of specified length
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGNATURE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INPUT: Optional
randomString({min:4, max:8}).length // Can pass object with min, max value
randomString(8).length // Can pass fixed lingth value as Number
randomString().length // default returns between 8 and 20
RETURNS: A random string of specified length
*/
},
getSlug: function(str){
// Get string converted to slug
},
getDate: function(){
// Get current local date [ format: dd/mm/yyyy ]
},
getTime: function(){
// Get current local time [ format: hh:mm:ss ]
},
getDateTime: function(){
// Get current local date and time [ format: dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss ]
},
getYesterday: function(daysBack = 1, ofDay = new Date()){
/*
This function is responsible for get "yesterday's" date dynamically if no parameters passed
"daysBack" is how many days back of "ofDay"
By default it gets date "1" day before "current date" i.e. today - will return yesterday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGNATURE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INPUT = (optional) "daysBack" is how many days back of "ofDay"- format "yyyy-mm-dd"
RETURN = "date" format: "yyyy-mm-dd", based on input
*/
},
datesBetween: function(from, to){
/*
This function gives output as an ARRAY of all dates between two dates provided as input
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGNATURE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INPUT = "from", "to" in format 'mm/dd/yyyy'
RETURN = ARRAY of dates
*/
},
paginationOffset: function(pageNumber, size = 10){
/*
Useful for pagination
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGNATURE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INPUT: current page number
RETURN:{
"from": Number, // Where to start from
"to": Number, // Where to stop
"size": pageSize // Number of records
}
*/
},

strip_tags : function(string, allowed){
/*
This function strips all the tags from the "string" (param 1) expect the ones mentioned in "allowed" (param 2).
Will also remove