goncalotomas / erl_rand_str

OTP Library for generating random strings.

rand_str

An OTP library for generating random strings from whitelisted character lists.

Why?

Reusability. You shouldn't really need to write this code every time it's needed.

Callbacks

• get/1: returns a random list of the specified length. Returns base64 compatible characters.
• get/2: same as get/1, but uses a custom alphabet for generating the characters.

Use

append this to the deps list in your rebar.config file

{deps, [
    ... other deps
    {rand_str, "~>1.0"}
]}.