ro_string_formatter

A lightweight utility library for generating random strings paired with formatted dates.
Includes built-in input validation with colorized error messages powered by chalk.

Current Version: 2.0.3

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📦 Installation

Install via npm:

npm i ro_string_formatter

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✨ Features

🎲 Generate formatted string randomly - ro_formatted

• Generate a randomized lowercase string (6–8 characters)
• Append a formatted date to the string
• Supports two date formats:
  • "default" → DD/MM/YYYY
  • "usa" → MM/DD/YYYY
• Helpful error messages with colored output using chalk
• Basic parameter type-checking

// Example output: abczef_28/11/2025

🎲 Generate formatted uuid randomly - ro_uuid

/**
 * b65500d9-5c43-c1ce-3e92-f0e0f13274e0
  20c09e51-692a-ec0f-7b0e-34b1baf105f5
  d59b5efa-e6b1-03b4-8b05-dff88acde4a2
  8ec24406-c097-cc6e-f2db-b8dd140d860a
  271f97d6-ea70-96f5-ad4a-71e03acab38b
  6f3dd2d2-98c2-fbb5-086c-ab90fcb0587b
  8c547662-7240-0a77-e04b-cf7c9b436e86
  fa912ffd-d6fd-248c-36ae-9dc57b4ce5ba
  b52787f6-0512-3725-e9ab-52a67231931f
  f11f6cd8-96fc-4300-ccc4-f90c61eb703f
 */

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Automatically lint your commit messages, code, and run tests upon committing or pushing.

🧪 Unit Test

We are using Vitest to do Unit Testing

🚀 Usage

import ro_formatted from "ro_string_formatter";

const result = ro_formatted(6, "default");
console.log(result);
// Example output: abczef_28/11/2025

import { ro_uuid } from "ro_string_formatter";

for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  console.log(ro_uuid());
}
/**example output:
 * b65500d9-5c43-c1ce-3e92-f0e0f13274e0
  20c09e51-692a-ec0f-7b0e-34b1baf105f5
  d59b5efa-e6b1-03b4-8b05-dff88acde4a2
  8ec24406-c097-cc6e-f2db-b8dd140d860a
  271f97d6-ea70-96f5-ad4a-71e03acab38b
  6f3dd2d2-98c2-fbb5-086c-ab90fcb0587b
  8c547662-7240-0a77-e04b-cf7c9b436e86
  fa912ffd-d6fd-248c-36ae-9dc57b4ce5ba
  b52787f6-0512-3725-e9ab-52a67231931f
  f11f6cd8-96fc-4300-ccc4-f90c61eb703f
 */

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🧩 API Reference

ro_formatted(str_length = 6, chosen_date_format = "default")

Returns a formatted string composed of:

[randomString]_[formattedDate]

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
str_length	number	Length of random string (must be 6–8)
chosen_date_format	string	Either "default" or "usa"

Examples

console.log(ro_formatted(6, "default"));
// hlohdm_14/12/2025"
ro_formatted(8, "usa");
//"hxxlvxbm_12/14/2025"

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⚠️ Error Handling

This library throws descriptive, colorized errors using chalk.

Examples:

ro_formatted(3);
// Error: value of str_length should be a number 6-8 and, yet we got 3

ro_formatted(6, "japan");
// Error: format japan is not accepted. we only accept either default or usa

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📌 Notes

• This is version 2.0.3
• Contributions, suggestions, and issue reports are welcome once the GitHub repository is made public.

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