How to randomly generate objectid in node js

Question

I need to randomly generate an objectid in node js.Is there is some way to create it.

Answer 1

If you mean the object identifier MongoDB, try the following:

var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID; var objectId = new ObjectID(); 

Answer 2

Let me know if this is what you are looking for.

 // On top of your script, or whatever var crypto = require('crypto'); // wherever you want function randomObjectId() { return crypto.createHash('md5').update(Math.random().toString()).digest('hex').substring(0, 24); } 

With any latest version of cryptography, you can use the abbreviation:

 crypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')