UUID Generator

Generate unique identifiers (UUID v1, v4, or v5).

Endpoint

POST https://www.acrewity.com/api/services/execute

Authentication

Include your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

n8n Integration

This service is also available via our n8n community node: @acrewity/n8n-nodes-acrewity

Operations

Generate UUID

Generate unique identifiers (UUID v1, v4, or v5)

Operation ID: generate_uuid

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`version`	string	No	`v4`	UUID version (v1, v4, v5) Options: `v1`, `v4`, `v5`
`namespace`	string	No	-	Namespace for v5 UUIDs (required for v5)
`name`	string	No	-	Name for v5 UUIDs (required for v5)
`count`	number	No	`1`	Number of UUIDs to generate (min: 1, max: 100)

Example Request

Generate Single Random UUID (v4):

{
  "service": "uuid-generator",
  "operation": "generate_uuid",
  "parameters": {
    "version": "v4"
  }
}

Generate Batch of UUIDs:

{
  "service": "uuid-generator",
  "operation": "generate_uuid",
  "parameters": {
    "version": "v4",
    "count": 10
  }
}

Generate Deterministic UUID (v5):

{
  "service": "uuid-generator",
  "operation": "generate_uuid",
  "parameters": {
    "version": "v5",
    "namespace": "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8",
    "name": "user@example.com"
  }
}

Generate Timestamp-based UUID (v1):

{
  "service": "uuid-generator",
  "operation": "generate_uuid",
  "parameters": {
    "version": "v1"
  }
}

Example Response (Single UUID)

{
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "data": {
      "uuids": ["f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479"],
      "count": 1,
      "version": "v4",
      "timestamp": "2024-12-30T10:15:30.000Z"
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1
}

Example Response (Batch UUIDs)

{
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "data": {
      "uuids": [
        "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479",
        "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
        "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8"
      ],
      "count": 3,
      "version": "v4",
      "timestamp": "2024-12-30T10:15:30.000Z"
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1
}

More Examples

See Utilities & Helpers Examples for complete workflow examples including database seeding, request tracking, and correlation IDs.