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package utils

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"math/big"
)

// GenerateRandomString uses crypto/rand to generate a random string of the specified length <n>.
// The set of allowed characters is [0-9a-zA-Z], thus no special characters are included in the output.
// Returns error if there was a problem during the random generation.
func GenerateRandomString(n int) (string, error) {
	allowedCharacters := "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	return GenerateRandomStringFromCharset(n, allowedCharacters)
}

// GenerateRandomStringFromCharset generates a cryptographically secure random string of the specified length <n>.
// The set of allowed characters can be specified. Returns error if there was a problem during the random generation.
func GenerateRandomStringFromCharset(n int, allowedCharacters string) (string, error) {
	output := make([]byte, n)
	max := new(big.Int).SetInt64(int64(len(allowedCharacters)))
	for i := range output {
		randomCharacter, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, max)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		output[i] = allowedCharacters[randomCharacter.Int64()]
	}
	return string(output), nil
}