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let crypto = require('crypto') | |
let { urlAlphabet } = require('../url-alphabet/index.cjs') | |
// `crypto.randomFill()` is a little faster than `crypto.randomBytes()`, | |
// because it is possible to use in combination with `Buffer.allocUnsafe()`. | |
let random = bytes => | |
new Promise((resolve, reject) => { | |
// `Buffer.allocUnsafe()` is faster because it doesn’t flush the memory. | |
// Memory flushing is unnecessary since the buffer allocation itself resets | |
// the memory with the new bytes. | |
crypto.randomFill(Buffer.allocUnsafe(bytes), (err, buf) => { | |
if (err) { | |
reject(err) | |
} else { | |
resolve(buf) | |
} | |
}) | |
}) | |
let customAlphabet = (alphabet, size) => { | |
// First, a bitmask is necessary to generate the ID. The bitmask makes bytes | |
// values closer to the alphabet size. The bitmask calculates the closest | |
// `2^31 - 1` number, which exceeds the alphabet size. | |
// For example, the bitmask for the alphabet size 30 is 31 (00011111). | |
let mask = (2 << (31 - Math.clz32((alphabet.length - 1) | 1))) - 1 | |
// Though, the bitmask solution is not perfect since the bytes exceeding | |
// the alphabet size are refused. Therefore, to reliably generate the ID, | |
// the random bytes redundancy has to be satisfied. | |
// Note: every hardware random generator call is performance expensive, | |
// because the system call for entropy collection takes a lot of time. | |
// So, to avoid additional system calls, extra bytes are requested in advance. | |
// Next, a step determines how many random bytes to generate. | |
// The number of random bytes gets decided upon the ID size, mask, | |
// alphabet size, and magic number 1.6 (using 1.6 peaks at performance | |
// according to benchmarks). | |
let step = Math.ceil((1.6 * mask * size) / alphabet.length) | |
let tick = id => | |
random(step).then(bytes => { | |
// A compact alternative for `for (var i = 0; i < step; i++)`. | |
let i = step | |
while (i--) { | |
// Adding `|| ''` refuses a random byte that exceeds the alphabet size. | |
id += alphabet[bytes[i] & mask] || '' | |
if (id.length === size) return id | |
} | |
return tick(id) | |
}) | |
return () => tick('') | |
} | |
let nanoid = (size = 21) => | |
random(size).then(bytes => { | |
let id = '' | |
// A compact alternative for `for (var i = 0; i < step; i++)`. | |
while (size--) { | |
// It is incorrect to use bytes exceeding the alphabet size. | |
// The following mask reduces the random byte in the 0-255 value | |
// range to the 0-63 value range. Therefore, adding hacks, such | |
// as empty string fallback or magic numbers, is unneccessary because | |
// the bitmask trims bytes down to the alphabet size. | |
id += urlAlphabet[bytes[size] & 63] | |
} | |
return id | |
}) | |
module.exports = { nanoid, customAlphabet, random } | |