Merge branch 'dev' into dev-patch-abskrj

Author: abskrj

utils/helper.go

@@ -3,30 +3,26 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"log"
-	math_rand "math/rand"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 /*
-VideoIDGen returns an unique videoID and appends the fileExtension to it,
+FileIDGen returns an unique videoID and appends the fileExtension to it,
 it takes the fileExtensionas parameter
 */
 func FileIDGen(fileExtension string) string {
-	var b [8]byte
-	if _, err := rand.Read(b[:]); err != nil {
-		return err.Error()
-	}
+	length := 8
+	randomBytes := make([]byte, length)
 
-	var i int64 = int64(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(b[:]))
-	math_rand.Seed(i)
+	_, err := rand.Read(randomBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
 
-	// Generate a 8 digit random number
-	randomNumber := math_rand.Intn(99999999-10000000) + 10000000
+	uid := base64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString(randomBytes)[:length]
 
-	// VideoID = (8-digit random number) + (file Name)
-	return strconv.Itoa(randomNumber) + fileExtension
+	return uid + fileExtension
 }
 
 // WrapStringInQuotes returns the string wrapped in quotes