Generate random UUID

[cemoktra]

An function to generate a random UUID to use in headers/bodies would be nice

[fabricereix]

Hello @cemoktra
yes this is in our todo list (#606)

We just have introduced filters (https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html#filters) in the last release 1.8.0 that transform a given input. We could also have "generators" that produce data such as now, random, ...

[ppaulweber]

@fabricereix is there any update or implementation state on this feature request?

[alexandrefrei]

@fabricereix is there any update or implementation state on this feature request?

[fabricereix]

Hi @alexandrefrei
time flies, we haven't indeed implemented any generators yet.
We will try to look at it in the next few weeks.

[phoenix147]

@fabricereix any news on this one or an expected timeframe? this is something which is really bugging us right now cause we're using hurl in our e2e test suites and right of now we need to generate all the UUIDs we need upfront as variables

[jcamiel]

@phoenix147 we'll ship a first version before end of this year, certainly for the next Hurl release. Please keep in mind that this a best-effort, free Open Source project so there isn't any delivery guarantees!