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API/src/models/tickets/tickets.codes.ts
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Jenkins Production Deployment
Add Tickets domain for the voucher-based ticket shop (#8)
Reviewed-on: #8
Co-authored-by: Patrick Mueller <patrick@mueller-patrick.tech>
Co-committed-by: Patrick Mueller <patrick@mueller-patrick.tech>
2026-08-24 21:18:00 +00:00

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import * as crypto from 'crypto';
// Excludes 0/O, 1/I/L to avoid look-alike confusion when a code is
// hand-written, read aloud, or typed from a printed fallback under a QR
// code. 31 symbols * 8 chars ≈ 39.6 bits of entropy - effectively
// unguessable combined with rate-limiting on the redeem endpoint.
const CODE_ALPHABET = 'ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789';
const CODE_LENGTH = 8;
/**
* Generates a single random code. Uses crypto.randomInt (uniform, no
* modulo bias) rather than Math.random() since these gate a real-world
* concert invitation.
*/
export const generateCode = (): string => {
let code = '';
for (let i = 0; i < CODE_LENGTH; i++) {
code += CODE_ALPHABET[crypto.randomInt(CODE_ALPHABET.length)];
}
return code;
};
/**
* Generates a code guaranteed not to collide with any row `existingCodes`
* already contains, tries up to `maxAttempts` times before giving up.
* Collisions are astronomically unlikely at this entropy - this exists as
* a correctness backstop, not because collisions are expected.
*/
export const generateUniqueCode = (existingCodes: Set<string>, maxAttempts = 20): string => {
for (let i = 0; i < maxAttempts; i++) {
const candidate = generateCode();
if (!existingCodes.has(candidate)) {
existingCodes.add(candidate);
return candidate;
}
}
throw new Error('Could not generate a unique voucher code after ' + maxAttempts + ' attempts');
};