Package uuid provides a pure Go implementation of Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) variant as defined in RFC-4122. This package supports both the creation and parsing of UUIDs in different formats.
This package supports the following UUID versions:
- Version 1, based on timestamp and MAC address (RFC-4122)
- Version 3, based on MD5 hashing of a named value (RFC-4122)
- Version 4, based on random numbers (RFC-4122)
- Version 5, based on SHA-1 hashing of a named value (RFC-4122)
This package also supports experimental Universally Unique Identifier implementations based on a draft RFC that updates RFC-4122
- Version 6, a k-sortable id based on timestamp, and field-compatible with v1 (draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format, RFC-4122)
- Version 7, a k-sortable id based on timestamp (draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format, RFC-4122)
The v6 and v7 IDs are not considered a part of the stable API, and may be subject to behavior or API changes as part of minor releases to this package. They will be updated as the draft RFC changes, and will become stable if and when the draft RFC is accepted.
This project was originally forked from the github.com/satori/go.uuid repository after it appeared to be no longer maintained, while exhibiting critical flaws. We have decided to take over this project to ensure it receives regular maintenance for the benefit of the larger Go community.
We'd like to thank Maxim Bublis for his hard work on the original iteration of the package.
This source code of this package is released under the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE for the full content of the license.
We recommend using v2.0.0+ of this package, as versions prior to 2.0.0 were created before our fork of the original package and have some known deficiencies.
This package requires Go 1.17 or later
Here is a quick overview of how to use this package. For more detailed documentation, please see the GoDoc Page.
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
)
// Create a Version 4 UUID, panicking on error.
// Use this form to initialize package-level variables.
var u1 = uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4())
func main() {
// Create a Version 4 UUID.
u2, err := uuid.NewV4()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("failed to generate UUID: %v", err)
}
log.Printf("generated Version 4 UUID %v", u2)
// Parse a UUID from a string.
s := "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8"
u3, err := uuid.FromString(s)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("failed to parse UUID %q: %v", s, err)
}
log.Printf("successfully parsed UUID %v", u3)
}
