The main purpose of SID is to seamlessly convert between a JSON-formatted string representation of an ID and its int64 counterpart when interacting with a database.

You can install SID using go get:

go get -u -v github.com/deloz/sid

Here's a basic example of how to use SID:

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/deloz/sid"
)

func main() {
	// Create a new ID
	id := sid.New(18283195028008204)

	// Print the ID as a string
	fmt.Println("ID:", id.String())

	// Check if the ID is zero
	fmt.Println("IsZero:", id.IsZero())

	// Marshal the ID to JSON
	jsonData, _ := json.Marshal(id)
	fmt.Println("JSON:", string(jsonData))

	// Unmarshal the ID from JSON
	var newID sid.ID
	_ = json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &newID)
	fmt.Println("Unmarshaled ID:", newID)
}

[play]

• Support creation of IDs from uint64 (up to math.MaxInt64), int64, and numeric string representations.
• Implement JSON (de)serialization, comparison, and sorting for custom ID types in Go.

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or want to propose a new feature, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

SID is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.