[github.com/satori/go.uuid](https://github.com/satori/go.uuid) repository after
it appeared to be no longer maintained, while exhibiting [critical
flaws](https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73). We have decided to take
over this project to ensure it receives regular maintenance for the benefit of
the larger Go community.
We'd like to thank Maxim Bublis for his hard work on the original iteration of
the package.
## License
This source code of this package is released under the MIT License. Please see
the [LICENSE](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/blob/master/LICENSE) for the full
content of the license.
## Recommended Package Version
We recommend using v2.0.0+ of this package, as versions prior to 2.0.0 were
created before our fork of the original package and have some known
deficiencies.
## Installation
It is recommended to use a package manager like `dep` that understands tagged
releases of a package, as well as semantic versioning.
If you are unable to make use of a dependency manager with your project, you can
use the `go get` command to download it directly:
```Shell
$ go get github.com/gofrs/uuid
```
## Requirements
Due to subtests not being supported in older versions of Go, this package is
only regularly tested against Go 1.7+. This package may work perfectly fine with
Go 1.2+, but support for these older versions is not actively maintained.
## Go 1.11 Modules
As of v3.2.0, this repository no longer adopts Go modules, and v3.2.0 no longer has a `go.mod` file. As a result, v3.2.0 also drops support for the `github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3` import path. Only module-based consumers are impacted. With the v3.2.0 release, _all_ gofrs/uuid consumers should use the `github.com/gofrs/uuid` import path.
An existing module-based consumer will continue to be able to build using the `github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3` import path using any valid consumer `go.mod` that worked prior to the publishing of v3.2.0, but any module-based consumer should start using the `github.com/gofrs/uuid` import path when possible and _must_ use the `github.com/gofrs/uuid` import path prior to upgrading to v3.2.0.
Please refer to [Issue #61](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/issues/61) and [Issue #66](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/issues/66) for more details.
## Usage
Here is a quick overview of how to use this package. For more detailed
documentation, please see the [GoDoc Page](http://godoc.org/github.com/gofrs/uuid).
```go
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
)
// Create a Version 4 UUID, panicking on error.
// Use this form to initialize package-level variables.
var u1 = uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4())
func main() {
// Create a Version 4 UUID.
u2, err := uuid.NewV4()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("failed to generate UUID: %v", err)
}
log.Printf("generated Version 4 UUID %v", u2)
// Parse a UUID from a string.
s := "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8"
u3, err := uuid.FromString(s)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("failed to parse UUID %q: %v", s, err)
}
log.Printf("successfully parsed UUID %v", u3)
}
```
## References
* [RFC-4122](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122)
* [DCE 1.1: Authentication and Security Services](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9696989899/chap5.htm#tagcjh_08_02_01_01)
