ObjectID

Library to generate MongoDB objectID's

Command usage

$ objectid -h
Usage of objectid:
  -format string
        format of objectid: hex, base64 (default "hex")
  -from-time string
        create a new objectid from a date time (RFC3339, $(date -I), $(date -Ihours), $(date -d -Iminutes), $(date -Iseconds)
  -n int
        number of objectid to generate (default 1)
  -separator string
        separator between objectids (default "\n")
  -to-time string
        convert objectid to time

Generate object id

$ objectid
6435f4800000000000000000

Generate object id in base64

$ objectid -format base64
ZiesvNpsbBz8QUGk

Generate multiple object id

$ objectid -n 3
6435f4800000000000000000
6435f4800000000000000001
6435f4800000000000000002

Object id from time

$ objectid -from-time 2023-04-12
6435f4800000000000000000%

Object id to time

$ objectid -to-time 6435f4800000000000000000
2023-04-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC

Library Usage

go get -u github.com/Ajnasz/objectid

import "github.com/Ajnasz/objectid"


func main() {
    oid := objectid.New()
    fmt.Printf("%s", oid)
}

CLI

Install the cli tool

go install github.com/Ajnasz/objectid/cmd/objectid

or

make build
bin/objectid