> Starting with `uuid@12` CommonJS is no longer supported. See [implications](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c) and [motivation](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/issues/881) for details.
| _throws_ | `TypeError` if `str` is not a valid UUID |
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> [!NOTE]
> Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below.
| `arr` | `Array`-like collection of 16 values (starting from `offset`) between 0-255. |
| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Starting index in the Array |
| _returns_ | `String` |
| _throws_ | `TypeError` if a valid UUID string cannot be generated |
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> [!NOTE]
> Ordering of values in the byte arrays used by `parse()` and `stringify()` follows the left ↠ right order of hex-pairs in UUID strings. As shown in the example below.
| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |
| [`offset` = 0] | `Number` Index to start writing UUID bytes in `buffer` |
| _returns_ | UUID `String` if no `buffer` is specified, otherwise returns `buffer` |
| _throws_ | `Error` if more than 10M UUIDs/sec are requested |
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> [!NOTE]
> The default [node id](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#section-5.1) (the last 12 digits in the UUID) is generated once, randomly, on process startup, and then remains unchanged for the duration of the process.
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> [!NOTE]
> `options.random` and `options.rng` are only meaningful on the very first call to `v1()`, where they may be passed to initialize the internal `node` and `clockseq` fields.
| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |
| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |
| [`options.seq = (random)`] | 32-bit sequence `Number` between 0 - 0xffffffff. This may be provided to help ensure uniqueness for UUIDs generated within the same millisecond time interval. Default = random value. |
| [`buffer`] | `Uint8Array` or `Uint8Array` subtype (e.g. Node.js `Buffer`). If provided, binary UUID is written into the array, starting at `offset` |
> Version 8 (experimental) UUIDs are "[for experimental or vendor-specific use cases](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html#name-uuid-version-8)". The RFC does not define a creation algorithm for them, which is why this package does not offer a `v8()` method. The `validate()` and `version()` methods do work with such UUIDs, however.
Prior to `uuid@11`, it was possible for `options` state to interfere with the internal state used to ensure uniqueness of timestamp-based UUIDs (the `v1()`, `v6()`, and `v7()` methods). Starting with `uuid@11`, this issue has been addressed by using the presence of the `options` argument as a flag to select between two possible behaviors:
**Browsers**: `uuid` [builds are tested](/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/wdio.conf.js) against the latest version of desktop Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Mobile versions of these same browsers are expected to work but aren't currently tested.
**Node**: `uuid` [builds are tested](https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L26-L27) against node ([LTS releases](https://github.com/nodejs/Release)), plus one prior. E.g. At the time of this writing `node@20` is the "maintenance" release and `node@24` is the "current" release, so `uuid` supports `node@18`-`node@24`.
**Typescript**: TS versions released within the past two years are supported. [source](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/49088#issuecomment-2468723715)
This error occurs in environments where the standard [`crypto.getRandomValues()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues) API is not supported. This issue can be resolved by adding an appropriate polyfill:
1. Import it _before_`uuid`. Since `uuid` might also appear as a transitive dependency of some other imports it's safest to just import `react-native-get-random-values` as the very first thing in your entry point:
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