Convert uuid to and from base32 strings
npm install uuid-b32UUID's for legacy reasons are usually encoded as hex strings like: 5b9e4740-5d4c-11ec-a260-8f8d5ea1937c.
This encoding is quite long and not very human friendly. Using this util you can convert them usingbase32 encoding, which looks like this BEF4EG2X9G8YS8K0HY6NX8CKFG.
``javascript
const { encode, decode } = require('uuid-b32')
// create a base32 encoded uuidv4
const uuidCrockfordEncoded = encode()
const uuidRFC4648Encoded = encode(null, 'RFC4648')
// convert back to uuid
const uuid =
decode(uuidCrockfordEncoded) ||
decode(uuidRFC4648Encoded, 'RFC4648')
// convert exisiting uuid to base32
encode(uuid)
`
You can also use it simply as a command line tool: npx uuid-b32
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Generate or convert a uuid to/from base32 encoding
Usage: uuid-b32 (--uuid [uuid]) (--variant [variant]) (--b32 [uuid]) (--uuid-v1) (--uuid-v4)
--variant ....... use base32 variant, supported variants: RFC3548, RFC4648, RFC4648-HEX, Crockford (default)
--uuid .......... convert input uuid instead of generating new one
--b32 ........... convert input base32 encoded uuid to uuid
--uuid-v1 ....... when creating a new uuid, use uuid-v1 variant
--uuid-v4 ....... when creating a new uuid, use uuid-v4 variant (default)
-v, --version ... print the version
-h, --help ...... print this help
Create a base32 uuid:
uuid-b32
Input using stdin is supported
echo
echo
``