apg-go/random/random.go

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package random
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import (
"crypto/rand"
"fmt"
"math/big"
)
// GetChar generates random characters based on given character range
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// and password length
func GetChar(charRange *string, pwLength int) (string, error) {
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if pwLength <= 0 {
err := fmt.Errorf("provided pwLength value is <= 0: %v", pwLength)
return "", err
}
availCharsLength := len(*charRange)
charSlice := []byte(*charRange)
returnString := make([]byte, pwLength)
for i := 0; i < pwLength; i++ {
randNum, err := GetNum(availCharsLength)
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if err != nil {
return "", err
}
returnString[i] = charSlice[randNum]
}
return string(returnString), nil
}
// GetNum generates a random number with given maximum value
func GetNum(maxNum int) (int, error) {
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if maxNum <= 0 {
err := fmt.Errorf("provided maxNum is <= 0: %v", maxNum)
return 0, err
}
maxNumBigInt := big.NewInt(int64(maxNum))
if !maxNumBigInt.IsUint64() {
err := fmt.Errorf("big.NewInt() generation returned negative value: %v", maxNumBigInt)
return 0, err
}
randNum64, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, maxNumBigInt)
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
randNum := int(randNum64.Int64())
if randNum < 0 {
err := fmt.Errorf("generated random number does not fit as int64: %v", randNum64)
return 0, err
}
return randNum, nil
}
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// CoinFlip performs a simple coinflip based on the rand library and returns true or false
func CoinFlip() bool {
num := big.NewInt(2)
cf, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, num)
r := int(cf.Int64())
return r == 1
}