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ts/helpers/shortid.ts

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+/**
+ * Generate a short unique ID of 6 alphanumeric characters
+ * @returns A 6-character alphanumeric string
+ */
+export function shortId(): string {
+  // Define the character set: a-z, A-Z, 0-9
+  const chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
+
+  // Generate cryptographically secure random values
+  const randomValues = new Uint8Array(6);
+  crypto.getRandomValues(randomValues);
+
+  // Map each random value to a character in our set
+  let result = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+    // Use modulo to map the random byte to a character index
+    const index = randomValues[i] % chars.length;
+    result += chars[index];
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}