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# secure-random-string
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Node.js module that generates a cryptographically secure random string with a given length
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## Usage
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```javascript
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var srs = require('secure-random-string');
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```
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### Default behavior: Generate a random string 32 characters long.
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```javascript
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// Sync
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var result = srs();
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// Async
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srs(function(err, sr) {
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console.log(sr);
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});
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```
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### Options: length
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Optionally, you can specify a 'length' option to specify a length.
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```javascript
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// sync
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var result = srs({length: 256});
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// async
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srs({length: 256}, function(err, sr) {
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console.log(sr);
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});
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```
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### Options: alphanumeric
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Optionally, you can specify a 'alphanumeric' option to get a alphanumerical chars only.
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```javascript
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// sync
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var result = srs({alphanumeric: true});
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// async
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srs({alphanumeric: true}, function(err, sr) {
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console.log(sr);
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});
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```
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## Error handling
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An error is possible if there is not enough accumulated entropy to generate cryptographically strong data. In other words, this will not block even if all entropy sources are drained. Note that the sync API throws an exception, while
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the async API returns the error to the callback.
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## Author
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[Simon Santoro](https://github.com/S2-)
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## Contributors
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[Mark Stosberg](https://github.com/markstos)
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[Sandro Gomez](https://github.com/mrsangrin)
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## License
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[MIT](https://github.com/aheckmann/node-ses/blob/master/LICENSE)
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