uuid-by-string
=======================
Generates the RFC-4122 Name-Based UUID. Supports 3 and 5 versions of UUID.

Installation

``bash


via NPM

npm install uuid-by-string

or Yarn

yarn add uuid-by-string
`

Usage

The package has only one default exported method. Method receives any string and returns generated hash

`js
const getUuid = require('uuid-by-string');

const uuidHash = getUuid('Hello world!');
// d3486ae9-136e-5856-bc42-212385ea7970
`

The string Hello world! will always returns d3486ae9-136e-5856-bc42-212385ea7970.

You can specify the UUID version. Available versions is 3 and 5 according to RFC-4122. The version is responsible for the hashing algorithm: version 3 uses MD5, and version 5 uses SHA-1. SHA-1 used by default if version is not specified.

`js
const uuidV3Hash = getUuid('Hello world!', 3);
// 86fb269d-190d-3c85-b6e0-468ceca42a20

const uuidV5Hash = getUuid('Hello world!', 5);
// d3486ae9-136e-5856-bc42-212385ea7970
`

API

getUuid(name [, version]);

getUuid(name [, namespace, version]);

- name — hashing target
- namespace _Optional_ — UUID namespace
- version` _Optional_ — 3 or 5, version of UUID

License

MIT licensed