Use nanoId for entity_data.id

server/ente/base/id.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package base
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2"
+)
+
+// Ref https://github.com/ente-io/ente/blob/main/web/packages/base/id.ts#L4
+const alphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+
+// NewID generates a new random identifier with the given prefix.
+func NewID(prefix string) (*string, error) {
+	if len(prefix) < 2 {
+		return nil, errors.New("prefix must be at least 2 characters long")
+	}
+	// check that prefix only contains alphabet characters
+	for _, c := range prefix {
+		if !(c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
+			return nil, errors.New("prefix must only contain lower case alphabet characters")
+		}
+	}
+	// Generate a nanoid with a custom alphabet and length of 22
+	id, err := gonanoid.Generate(alphabet, 22)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	result := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", prefix, id)
+	return &result, nil
+}

server/ente/userentity/entity.go

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package userentity
 
+import "github.com/ente-io/museum/ente/base"
+
 type EntityType string
 
 const (
 	Location EntityType = "location"
 	Person   EntityType = "person"
-	// PersonV2 is a new version of Person entity, where the data is gzipped before encryption
-	PersonV2 EntityType = "person_v2"
+	// Profile is a new version of Person entity, where the data is gzipped before encryption
+	Profile EntityType = "profile"
 )
 
+func (et EntityType) GetNewID() (*string, error) {
+	return base.NewID(string(et))
+}
+
 type EntityKey struct {
 	UserID       int64      `json:"userID" binding:"required"`
 	Type         EntityType `json:"type" binding:"required"`

server/go.mod

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ module github.com/ente-io/museum
 
 go 1.21
 
-
 require (
 	firebase.google.com/go v3.13.0+incompatible
 	github.com/GoKillers/libsodium-go v0.0.0-20171022220152-dd733721c3cb
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kong/go-srp v0.0.0-20191210190804-cde1efa3c083
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0
 	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.4
+	github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.1.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pquerna/otp v1.3.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1

server/go.sum

@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:RviRjexKqIzx/7r1peoAITm6m7gni
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5 h1:b6kJs+EmPFMYGkow9GiUyCyOvIwYetYJ3fSaWak/Gls=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
 github.com/markbates/pkger v0.15.1/go.mod h1:0JoVlrol20BSywW79rN3kdFFsE5xYM+rSCQDXbLhiuI=
+github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.1.0 h1:P64+dmq21hhWdtvZfEAofnvJULaRR1Yib0+PnU669bE=
+github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:KlbGNQ+FhrUNIHUxZdL63t7tl4LaPkZNpUULS8H4uVM=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=

server/pkg/repo/userentity/data.go

@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ import (
 
 	model "github.com/ente-io/museum/ente/userentity"
 	"github.com/ente-io/stacktrace"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Create inserts a new  entry
 func (r *Repository) Create(ctx context.Context, userID int64, entry model.EntityDataRequest) (string, error) {
-	id := uuid.New()
-	err := r.DB.QueryRow(`INSERT into entity_data(
+	idPrt, err := entry.Type.GetNewID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", stacktrace.Propagate(err, "failed to generate new id")
+	}
+	id := *idPrt
+	err = r.DB.QueryRow(`INSERT into entity_data(
                          id,
                          user_id,
                          type,
@@ -28,9 +31,9 @@ func (r *Repository) Create(ctx context.Context, userID int64, entry model.Entit
 		entry.Header).       // $5 header
 		Scan(&id)
 	if err != nil {
-		return id.String(), stacktrace.Propagate(err, "failed to create enity data")
+		return id, stacktrace.Propagate(err, "failed to create enity data")
 	}
-	return id.String(), nil
+	return id, nil
 }
 
 func (r *Repository) Get(ctx context.Context, userID int64, id string) (*model.EntityData, error) {