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Miscellaneous Utilities Functions

Alapa provides a collection of general-purpose utility functions designed to simplify common tasks in your application, such as string manipulation, hashing, and more.

randomMd5(): string​

Generates a random 32-character MD5 hash using the current time and random values.

Returns:​

  • A 32-character lowercase MD5 hash string.

Example:​

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randomMd5(); // e.g., "5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc62927"

md5(data: string): string​

Creates an MD5 hash from a given input string.

Parameters:​

  • data: A string to hash.

Returns:​

  • The MD5 hash of the input string in lowercase hexadecimal format.

Example:​

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md5("hello"); // "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592"

escapeRegex(str: string): string​

Escapes all special characters in a string so it can be safely used inside a regular expression.

Parameters:​

  • str: The string to escape.

Returns:​

  • The escaped string.

Example:​

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escapeRegex("price(USD)?"); // "price\\(USD\\)\\?"

toAbsolutePath(...paths: string[]): string​

Joins and resolves multiple path segments into a single absolute file path.

Parameters:​

  • ...paths: One or more path segments.

Returns:​

  • A fully resolved absolute path.

Example:​

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toAbsolutePath("src", "utils", "file.ts"); // "/full/path/src/utils/file.ts"