just.randomstring#
JavaScript random string generator.
Can be used for generating random string for api keys, passwords ...
Installation##
Node.js###
npm package
npm install just.randomstring
use in node.js
var randomstring = require('just.randomstring');
Browser###
- download just.randomstring.js from GitHub
- include on your page:
<script src="just.randomstring.js"></script>
Usage##
randomstring can be used in node.js or on client side in browser
node.js
var randomstring = randomstring();
browser
var randomstring = just.randomstring();
Options##
len
length of random string (default 20)
examples:
var rs = randomstring(); // returns "ElZOtlOSLn49GeKLev2O"
var rs = randomstring(5); // returns "Erf7g"
type
type of characters that will be used for string generating (default numbers_uppercases_lowercases)
type can be numbers, uppercases, lowercases or combination of those separated with _
examples:
var rs = randomstring(20, 'numbers'); // returns "78394850802905961074"
var rs = randomstring(15, 'numbers_uppercases'); // returns "PXL3AE2USI7ZDQ2"
Array of random strings##
randomstring.array() will return array of 5 random strings by default
accepts 3 params, where first one is length of array, while second and third are the same as for randomstring()
examples:
var rs = randomstring.array(20); // returns array of 20 random strings
var rs = randomstring.array(5, 30, 'numbers'); // returns array of 5 random strings with 30 character length types of numbers