.NET Short Unique Identifier

Question

I need a unique identifier in .NET (cannot use GUID as it is too long for this case).

Do people think that the algorithm used here is a good candidate or do you have

Answer 1

Simple usable package. I use it for temporal request id generator.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/shortid

https://github.com/bolorundurowb/shortid

Uses System.Random

string id = ShortId.Generate();
// id = KXTR_VzGVUoOY

(from the github page)

If you want to control the type of id generated by specifying whether you want numbers, special characters and the length, call the Generate method and pass three parameters, the first a boolean stating whether you want numbers, the second a boolean stating whether you want special characters, the last a number indicating your length preference.

string id = ShortId.Generate(true, false, 12);
// id = VvoCDPazES_w