How to seed uuidv4 with sequelize

Question

I am trying to seed a uuid using sequilize generateUUID but i get this error Seed file failed with error: sequelize.Utils.generateUUID is not a function TypeError: sequelize.Utils.generateUUID is not a function

how do i seed a UUID?

    return queryInterface.bulkInsert('companies', [{
        id: sequelize.Utils.generateUUID(),
        name: 'Testing',
        updated_at: new Date(),
        created_at: new Date()
    }]);

Amir Sasson · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-25T20:49:22.323

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just install uuid:

npm install uuid

and on your seed file:

const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');

module.exports = {
  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
    return queryInterface.bulkInsert('yourTableName', [
      {
        id: uuidv4()
      }],
 {});

edited Sep 25 '17 at 20:49

answered Sep 25 '17 at 06:57

Amir Sasson

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Sequelize does use `uuid` under the hood so the package should already be available. Sequelize doesn't expose the `uuidv4` method in a useful way though. – Matt Nov 15 '19 at 01:57
Now getting `DeprecationWarning: Deep requiring like 'const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');' is deprecated as of uuid@7.x. Please require the top-level module when using the Node.js CommonJS module or use ECMAScript Modules when bundling for the browser. See https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#deep-requires-now-deprecated for more information.` And when I switch to the recommended import syntax I get a different error. – dmikester1 Mar 20 '20 at 13:32

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '20 at 22:36

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Since it's included in the DataTypes package, would make sense to use what is already available as Matt suggested. You can use it in this way:

{
    ...,
    type: DataTypes.UUID,
    defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
    ...
}

answered Dec 12 '20 at 22:36

Hichame Yessou

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Wow! Changing the key from "default" to "defaultValue" solved it for me. Thanks – whoismuktar May 26 '21 at 15:57
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Nice, This is far good in comparison to the above answers as sequelize have it all required for this to achieve. – Shobhit Verma Sep 23 '21 at 03:45

Austin · Answer 3 · 2021-06-17T10:20:16.817

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npm install uuid

import it on your seeder file

const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');

return queryInterface.bulkInsert('companies', [{
    id: uuidv4(),
    name: 'Testing',
    updated_at: new Date(),
    created_at: new Date()
}]);

See more on the uuid documentation

edited Jun 17 '21 at 10:20

answered Mar 28 '21 at 12:11

Austin

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I thought, the link is to Sequelize documentation – Parzh from Ukraine May 28 '21 at 17:09
Nah... it's uuid documentation... I have updated the answer to clarify that.. thanks for pointing it out. – Austin Jun 17 '21 at 10:21

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