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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"
}
[
    "aa616abe-1761-0c9a-e743-67bd738597dc",
    "5e688e99-61b3-5c88-4697-6cf7b0bfbe20",
    "76b20010-c318-5754-c86c-400eff88a1e3",
    "eb5910f1-26e6-bc6f-6fbd-df557096b883",
    "bff9d9d5-ee3d-d852-62f6-0bdbcc5c8305"
]

Generating v7 UUIDs​

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

{
    "_gen": "uuid",
    "version": 7
}
[
    "018f16f2-451f-7e6a-a1aa-9a0c6117bd67",
    "018f16f2-4520-7c97-8573-998e685e885c",
    "018f16f2-4521-786c-9746-20bebfb01100",
    "018f16f2-4522-7457-98c3-0f406cc8e3a1",
    "018f16f2-4523-7110-99eb-6fbce62655df"
]

Specification​

JSON schema​

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