Sqids (pronounced "squids") is an open-source library that lets you generate short unique identifiers from numbers. These IDs are URL-safe, can encode several numbers, and do not contain common profanity words. Read more .
This is what they look like:
Go code is located at https://github.com/sqids/sqids-go
To encode & decode:
s, _ := sqids.New()
id, _ := s.Encode([]uint64{1, 2, 3}) // "86Rf07"
numbers := s.Decode(id) // [1, 2, 3]
Randomize IDs by providing a custom alphabet:
s, _ := sqids.New(sqids.Options{
Alphabet: "FxnXM1kBN6cuhsAvjW3Co7l2RePyY8DwaU04Tzt9fHQrqSVKdpimLGIJOgb5ZE",
})
id, _ := s.Encode([]uint64{1, 2, 3}) // "B4aajs"
numbers := s.Decode(id) // [1, 2, 3]
Enforce a minimum length for IDs:
s, _ := sqids.New(sqids.Options{
MinLength: 10,
})
id, _ := s.Encode([]uint64{1, 2, 3}) // "86Rf07xd4z"
numbers := s.Decode(id) // [1, 2, 3]
Read more at https://github.com/sqids/sqids-go
If you're looking for the original Hashids Go, you can find it here .
The main use of Sqids is purely visual. If you'd like to use IDs instead of numbers in your webapp, Sqids could be a good choice: