1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/auth/genid.go b/auth/genid.go
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+package auth
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base64"
+)
+
+// genID generates a random id string of length n. Don't forget to
+// seed the random number generator otherwise it won't be random.
+func genID(n int) string {
+	b := make([]byte, n/2)
+	rand.Read(b)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
+}