util.uuid

Fairly often in XMPP you will want to generate pseudo-random, unique identifiers. The uuid library provides this functionality.

Usage

   local uuid = require "util.uuid";
 
   print("Your id is:", uuid.generate())

Reference

uuid.generate()

Returns an id, in the form of a string.

Note: In Prosody 0.5 and later a string in the UUIDv4 format is returned, however with a dubious PRNG. As of Prosody 0.9.9, /dev/urandom is used as PRNG.