Uuid Generate API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/uuid-generate/execute

Generate one or more UUIDs: random v4 (default), time-ordered v7 (RFC 9562), time-based v1 (RFC 4122, with a random node id rather than a MAC address), or the nil UUID. The same four versions the web page offers.

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Request body

application/json

count

integer optional

How many UUIDs to generate (1-100). Defaults to 1. Default 1.
version

string optional

UUID version: v4 (random), v7 (Unix millisecond timestamp + random, sortable), v1 (100-nanosecond timestamp + clock sequence + random multicast node id), or nil (all zeros). Defaults to v4. One of v4 · v7 · v1 · nil. Default "v4".
uppercase

boolean optional

Return the UUIDs in uppercase. Defaults to false. Default false.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "count": 1
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/uuid-generate/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "count": 1
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/uuid-generate/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"count":1}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/uuid-generate/execute",
    json={"count":1},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/uuid-generate/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"count":1}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call uuid_generate from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: uuid-generate
MCP name: uuid_generate
Category: Generators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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