# `uuid`

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Here's an example of a UUID:

```text
67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8
```

A UUID is a unique 128-bit value, stored as 16 octets, and regularly
formatted as a hex string in five groups. UUIDs are used to assign unique
identifiers to entities without requiring a central allocating authority.

They are particularly useful in distributed systems, though can be used in
disparate areas, such as databases and network protocols.  Typically a UUID
is displayed in a readable string form as a sequence of hexadecimal digits,
separated into groups by hyphens.

The uniqueness property is not strictly guaranteed, however for all
practical purposes, it can be assumed that an unintentional collision would
be extremely unlikely.

## Getting started

Add the following to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies.uuid]
version = "1.23.4"
# Lets you generate random UUIDs
features = [
    "v4",
]
```

When you want a UUID, you can generate one:

```rust
use uuid::Uuid;

let id = Uuid::new_v4();
```

If you have a UUID value, you can use its string literal form inline:

```rust
use uuid::{uuid, Uuid};

const ID: Uuid = uuid!("67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8");
```

You can also parse UUIDs without needing any crate features:

```rust
use uuid::{Uuid, Version};

let my_uuid = Uuid::parse_str("67e55044-10b1-426f-9247-bb680e5fe0c8")?;

assert_eq!(Some(Version::Random), my_uuid.get_version());
```

If you'd like to parse UUIDs _really_ fast, check out the [`uuid-simd`](https://github.com/nugine/uuid-simd)
library.

For more details on using `uuid`, [see the library documentation](https://docs.rs/uuid/1.23.4/uuid).

## References

* [`uuid` library docs](https://docs.rs/uuid/1.23.4/uuid).
* [Wikipedia: Universally Unique Identifier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier).
* [RFC 9562: Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUID)](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc9562.html).

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# License

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* Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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