ui/src/base/uuid.ts

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import {v4} from 'uuid';
import {sqlNameSafe} from './string_utils';

export const uuidv4 = v4;

/**
 * Get a SQL friendly UUID, or convert a pre-existing one.
 * @param uuid Optional: Pre-existing uuid to format.
 * @returns string The resulting uuid.
 */
export function uuidv4Sql(uuid?: string): string {
  const str = uuid ?? uuidv4();
  return sqlNameSafe(str);
}

// URL and SQL safe alphabet: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _ (63 characters)
const ALPHABET =
  'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_';

/**
 * Generate a short unique ID suitable for column identifiers.
 * Prefixed with 'c' to ensure it's always a valid SQL identifier.
 * Uses 8 characters from a 63-char alphabet (~2^47.6 unique values).
 * @returns string A 9-character string starting with 'c'.
 */
export function shortUuid(): string {
  let result = 'c';
  for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
    result += ALPHABET[Math.floor(Math.random() * ALPHABET.length)];
  }
  return result;
}