avniproject/avni-client#1201 | Use uuid package to generate v4 UUIDs

package.json

@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@
     "nyc": {
         "sourceMap": false,
         "instrument": false
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "uuid": "^9.0.1"
     }
 }

src/utility/General.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Observation from "../Observation";
 import Concept from "../Concept";
 import QuestionGroup from "../observation/QuestionGroup";
 import RepeatableQuestionGroup from "../observation/RepeatableQuestionGroup";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 var currentLogLevel;
 
@@ -198,13 +199,8 @@ class General {
     return picked;
   }
 
-  //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/create-guid-uuid-in-javascript
   static randomUUID() {
-    return "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx".replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) {
-      const r = (Math.random() * 16) | 0,
-        v = c == "x" ? r : (r & 0x3) | 0x8;
-      return v.toString(16);
-    });
+    return uuidv4();
   }
 
   static areEqualShallow(a, b) {

yarn.lock

@@ -6446,6 +6446,11 @@ uuid@^3.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz#b23e4358afa8a202fe7a100af1f5f883f02007ee"
   integrity sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==
 
+uuid@^9.0.1:
+  version "9.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz#e188d4c8853cc722220392c424cd637f32293f30"
+  integrity sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA==
+
 [email protected]:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.0.3.tgz#00f7494d2ae2b688cfe2899df6ed2c54bef91dbe"