UUID Generator & Validator API (NestJS)

An API built with NestJS to generate UUID v4s and validate if a given string has the UUID/GUID format. Ideal for a portfolio project.

Description

This API provides two main functionalities:

• Generate random UUID v4s.
• Validate the format of a text string as a UUID/GUID.

Estimated Complexity Level

Very Simple.

Technologies

• NestJS
• TypeScript
• uuid library
• class-validator and class-transformer

Endpoints

1. Generate UUID

• URL: /uuid/generate
• Method: GET
• Description: Generates and returns a new random UUID v4.
• Successful Response (200 OK):

  {
    "uuid": "..." // A string with the generated UUID v4
  }