Return a string that uniquely identifies the current device, for a given app.
Extremely useful for distributed systems.
tries the current approaches:
- sha1sum of user's public ssh public key
- create random uuid and save it in
~/.udid
- on the browser, fallback to count-tabs
the only configuration is your app name.
see [http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/ask-ars-whats-the-big-deal-with-iphone-udids/] (Ask Ars: What's the big deal with iPhone UDIDs?)
var udid = require('udid')('appname')
console.log(udid)
- UDID on phones, etc for phonegap, etc.
MIT