budibase/packages/standard-components/src/helpers.js

/**
 * Capitalises a string.
 *
 * @param string
 * @returns {string}
 */
export const capitalise = string => {
  return string.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + string.substring(1)
}

/**
 * Generates a short random ID.
 * This is "nanoid" but rollup was derping attempting to bundle it, so the
 * source has just been extracted manually since it's tiny.
 */
export const generateID = (size = 21) => {
  let id = ""
  let bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(size))

  // A compact alternative for `for (var i = 0; i < step; i++)`.
  while (size--) {
    // It is incorrect to use bytes exceeding the alphabet size.
    // The following mask reduces the random byte in the 0-255 value
    // range to the 0-63 value range. Therefore, adding hacks, such
    // as empty string fallback or magic numbers, is unneccessary because
    // the bitmask trims bytes down to the alphabet size.
    let byte = bytes[size] & 63
    if (byte < 36) {
      // `0-9a-z`
      id += byte.toString(36)
    } else if (byte < 62) {
      // `A-Z`
      id += (byte - 26).toString(36).toUpperCase()
    } else if (byte < 63) {
      id += "_"
    } else {
      id += "-"
    }
  }
  return id
}