package uuid import ( "crypto/rand" "fmt" ) // GenerateUUID is used to generate a random UUID func GenerateUUID() (string, error) { buf := make([]byte, 16) if _, err := rand.Read(buf); err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read random bytes: %v", err) } return FormatUUID(buf) } func FormatUUID(buf []byte) (string, error) { if len(buf) != 16 { return "", fmt.Errorf("wrong length byte slice (%d)", len(buf)) } return fmt.Sprintf("%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%12x", buf[0:4], buf[4:6], buf[6:8], buf[8:10], buf[10:16]), nil }