UUID4
A UUID support library specialized on v4 UUIDs, parsing and formatting existing UUIDs. It can encode and decode dashed UUIDs, compact UUIDs, large integers, UUID URNs and Base62 coded UUIDs.
Installation
gem 'uuid4'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install uuid4
Usage
uuid = UUID4('d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99')
# => <UUID4:d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99>
uuid.to_s
# => "d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99"
uuid.to_s(format: :compact)
# => "d40aa3166e304baea6737b2cf35a8f99"
uuid.to_s(format: :base62)
# => "6s7exj9M9mGqLs5KhhWWaB"
uuid.to_s(format: :urn)
# => "urn:uuid:d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99"
uuid.to_i
# => 281851565884874220786890141677225938841
uuid == 'd40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99'
# => true
'd40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99' == uuid
# => true
uuid == "d40aa3166e304baea6737b2cf35a8f99"
# => true
uuid == '6s7exj9M9mGqLs5KhhWWaB'
# => true
uuid == 281851565884874220786890141677225938841
# => true
uuid == 'urn:uuid:d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99'
# => true
uuid == UUID4('d40aa316-6e30-4bae-a673-7b2cf35a8f99')
# => trueContributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jgraichen/uuid4.
License
(c) Jan Graichen
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.