1# crypto-random-string [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/crypto-random-string) 2 3> Generate a [cryptographically strong](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_cryptography) random string 4 5Can be useful for creating an identifier, slug, salt, fixture, etc. 6 7 8## Install 9 10``` 11$ npm install --save crypto-random-string 12``` 13 14 15## Usage 16 17```js 18const cryptoRandomString = require('crypto-random-string'); 19 20cryptoRandomString(10); 21//=> '2cf05d94db' 22``` 23 24 25## API 26 27### cryptoRandomString(length) 28 29#### length 30 31Type: `number` 32 33Length of the returned string. 34 35 36## Related 37 38- [random-int](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-int) - Generate a random integer 39- [random-float](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-float) - Generate a random float 40- [random-item](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-item) - Get a random item from an array 41- [random-boolean](https://github.com/arthurvr/random-boolean) - Get a random boolean 42- [random-obj-key](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-obj-key) - Get a random key from an object 43- [random-obj-prop](https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-obj-prop) - Get a random property from an object 44- [unique-random](https://github.com/sindresorhus/unique-random) - Generate random numbers that are consecutively unique 45 46 47## License 48 49MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) 50
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