meteor/packages/random/NodeRandomGenerator.js

import crypto from 'crypto';
import RandomGenerator from './AbstractRandomGenerator';

export default class NodeRandomGenerator extends RandomGenerator {
  /**
   * @name Random.fraction
   * @summary Return a number between 0 and 1, like `Math.random`.
   * @locus Anywhere
   */
  fraction () {
    const numerator = Number.parseInt(this.hexString(8), 16);
    return numerator * 2.3283064365386963e-10; // 2^-3;
  }

  /**
   * @name Random.hexString
   * @summary Return a random string of `n` hexadecimal digits.
   * @locus Anywhere
   * @param {Number} n Length of the string
   */
  hexString (digits) {
    const numBytes = Math.ceil(digits / 2);
    let bytes;
    // Try to get cryptographically strong randomness. Fall back to
    // non-cryptographically strong if not available.
    try {
      bytes = crypto.randomBytes(numBytes);
    } catch (e) {
      // XXX should re-throw any error except insufficient entropy
      bytes = crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(numBytes);
    }
    const result = bytes.toString('hex');
    // If the number of digits is odd, we'll have generated an extra 4 bits
    // of randomness, so we need to trim the last digit.
    return result.substring(0, digits);
  }
}