# Go Nanoid

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This package is Go implementation of [ai's](https://github.com/ai) [nanoid](https://github.com/ai/nanoid)!

**Safe.** It uses cryptographically strong random generator.

**Compact.** It uses more symbols than UUID (`A-Za-z0-9_-`)
and has the same number of unique options in just 22 symbols instead of 36.

**Fast.** Nanoid is as fast as UUID but can be used in URLs.

## Install

Via go get tool

``` bash
$ go get github.com/matoous/go-nanoid
```

## Usage

Generate ID

``` go
id, err := gonanoid.Nanoid()
```

Generate ID with custom alphabet and length

``` go
id, err := gonanoid.Generate("abcde", 54)
```

## Testing

``` bash
$ go test
```

## Notice

If you use Go Nanoid in your project, please let me know!

If you have any issues, just feel free and open it in this repository, thanks!

## Credits

- [ai](https://github.com/ai) - [nanoid](https://github.com/ai/nanoid)
- icza - his tutorial on [random strings in Go](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-golang)

## License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.