util.uuid API

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

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

Returns an id, in the form of a string.

Note: As of Prosody 0.4, there is no guarantee that a generated id will actually be unique, though this will change (patches welcome).