Function

GLibuuid_string_random

since: 2.52

Declaration [src]

gchar*
g_uuid_string_random (
  void
)

Description [src]

Generates a random UUID (RFC 4122 version 4) as a string. It has the same randomness guarantees as GRand, so must not be used for cryptographic purposes such as key generation, nonces, salts or one-time pads.

Available since: 2.52

Return value

Type: gchar*

A string that should be freed with g_free().

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.