nginx-luaHow to generate UUID

init_by_lua_block {
  local uuid = require("uuid")
}

server {
  location / {
    add_header Content-type text/plain;
    
    content_by_lua_block {
      ngx.say( uuid() )
    }
  }
}ctrl + cyoutubegithub

`init_by_lua_block` nginx-lua module directive to run specified Lua code on server startup	`content_by_lua_block` nginx-lua module directive to specify block of Lua code
`ngx.say` output given text to client	`uuid()` UUID module function that returns generated UUID string value
`require("uuid")` load Luarocks UUID module

Usage example

ngx.say( uuid() )

output

cbb297c0-14a9-46bc-ad91-1d0ef9b42df9

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