n-md5-uuid

👩‍🚀 Generates a MD5 (version 3) name-based UUID with optional namespace.

Use cases

• Converting an 11 or 13 digit Brightcove video ID to its equivalent content API UUID
• Converting a Base64 encoded TME tag ID to its equivalent content API UUID

Installation

# install from NPM
$ npm i -S @financial-times/n-md5-uuid

Usage

This module exports a single method which accepts two arguments:

1. A name
2. An optional namespace

const uuid = require('@financial-times/n-md5-uuid');

const brightcove = uuid('834961745001');
console.log(brightcove); // 564b8be3-0775-3531-b87b-f6da2272f642 ✅

const tme = uuid('MTE2-U2VjdGlvbnM=');
console.log(tme); // 38dbd827-fedc-3ebe-919f-e64cf55ea959 ✅