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| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/securerandom.rb | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/securerandom.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/securerandom.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..394cc76b98 --- /dev/null +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/securerandom.rb @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +module SecureRandom + BASE58_ALPHABET = ('0'..'9').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a - ['0', 'O', 'I', 'l'] + # SecureRandom.base58 generates a random base58 string. + # + # The argument _n_ specifies the length, of the random string to be generated. + # + # If _n_ is not specified or is nil, 16 is assumed. It may be larger in the future. + # + # The result may contain alphanumeric characters except 0, O, I and l + # + # p SecureRandom.base58 #=> "4kUgL2pdQMSCQtjE" + # p SecureRandom.base58(24) #=> "77TMHrHJFvFDwodq8w7Ev2m7" + # + def self.base58(n = 16) + SecureRandom.random_bytes(n).unpack("C*").map do |byte| + idx = byte % 64 + idx = SecureRandom.random_number(58) if idx >= 58 + BASE58_ALPHABET[idx] + end.join + end +end |