This post goes over how to generate a random token with bash:

• Node.js
• Python
• SHA
• openssl
• uuidgen

Node.js

Generate UUID:

node -p 'require("crypto").randomUUID()'

Output:

9396db12-8449-41d6-871d-3237f9635fe3

Python

Generate URL-safe Base64 (no + and /):

python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))"

Output:

7qwVk5Khe484EboUj_qI8pGcD-M-63Er1jK3qZS0R68

SHA

Generate hash::

date | md5

Output:

332690933cc2bebed106ca4e1c13e278

For a longer hash, replace md5 with an algorithm below:

• sha1
• sha224
• sha256
• sha384
• sha512

openssl

Generate 64 hex characters:

openssl rand -hex 32

Output:

f48c74486edad3a4c1d1018dcd2f60443e38d43348e14a5be60e46f16cee0fc4

Generate Base64:

openssl rand -base64 32

Output:

RzFILO5Z8S8VMJDoP7RniyjD8WR6N9ES+y665N8/nC8=

uuidgen

Generate a random-based UUID (UUIDv4):

uuidgen

Output:

A004F406-00AF-4C39-9830-32668C49744B