package id import ( "crypto/rand" "math/big" "time" "github.com/oklog/ulid" ) const randomRange = 631152381 // ~20 years in seconds // NewULID returns a new ULID string using the current time, or an error if something goes wrong. func NewULID() (string, error) { newUlid, err := ulid.New(ulid.Timestamp(time.Now()), rand.Reader) if err != nil { return "", err } return newUlid.String(), nil } // NewULIDFromTime returns a new ULID string using the given time, or an error if something goes wrong. func NewULIDFromTime(t time.Time) (string, error) { newUlid, err := ulid.New(ulid.Timestamp(t), rand.Reader) if err != nil { return "", err } return newUlid.String(), nil } // NewRandomULID returns a new ULID string using a random time in an ~80 year range around the current datetime, or an error if something goes wrong. func NewRandomULID() (string, error) { b1, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(randomRange)) if err != nil { return "", err } r1 := time.Duration(int(b1.Int64())) b2, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(randomRange)) if err != nil { return "", err } r2 := -time.Duration(int(b2.Int64())) arbitraryTime := time.Now().Add(r1 * time.Second).Add(r2 * time.Second) newUlid, err := ulid.New(ulid.Timestamp(arbitraryTime), rand.Reader) if err != nil { return "", err } return newUlid.String(), nil }