# snowflake

Generate random, URL-safe identifiers in Go.

Each ID is 16 bytes of cryptographically secure randomness, encoded as a base62 string.

## install

```bash
go get git.ethanwerner.com/snowflake
```

## usage

```go
package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "git.ethanwerner.com/snowflake"
)

func main() {
    id, _ := snowflake.New()
    fmt.Println(id)       // e.g. "7Kx9mQ2pL4nR8wYv"
    fmt.Println(id.Hex()) // e.g. "a1b2c3..."

    parsed, _ := snowflake.FromString(id.String())
}
```

## features

- Cryptographically secure random IDs
- Base62 and hex encoding/decoding
- `encoding.TextMarshaler` / `json.Marshaler` support
- `database/sql.Scanner` / `driver.Valuer` support

## license

MIT