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Scalar functions

uuid

Commentary​

added in 0.0.5

Generates UUIDs values.

Examples​

Generating v4 UUIDs​

By default, this function will generate version 4 UUIDs.

{
    "_gen": "uuid"
}
[
    "ba419d35-0dfe-8af7-aee7-bbe10c45c028",
    "4f083ce3-f12b-bb4b-46ee-9d82b52c856d",
    "aa616abe-1761-0c9a-e743-67bd738597dc",
    "5e688e99-61b3-5c88-4697-6cf7b0bfbe20",
    "76b20010-c318-5754-c86c-400eff88a1e3"
]

Generating v7 UUIDs​

It can also generate time-based (v7) UUIDs.

{
    "_gen": "uuid",
    "version": 7
}
[
    "018f16f2-451f-759d-81ba-f78afe0de1bb",
    "018f16f2-4520-78c0-850c-e43c084f4bbb",
    "018f16f2-4521-739d-ae46-6d852cb5be6a",
    "018f16f2-4522-7a0c-a117-bd6743e7dc97",
    "018f16f2-4523-798e-a85e-885cb361f86c"
]

Specification​

JSON schema​

{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "version": {
            "type": "number",
            "enum": [
                4,
                7
            ]
        }
    }
}