generateRandomBytes()

SIP Protocol API Reference v0.7.0

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SIP Protocol API Reference / generateRandomBytes

Function: generateRandomBytes()

generateRandomBytes(length): `0x${string}`

Defined in: @sip-protocol/sdk/dist/index-BYZbDjal.d.ts:3399

Generate cryptographically secure random bytes

Uses the platform’s secure random source (Web Crypto API in browsers, crypto.randomBytes in Node.js) to generate unpredictable random data.

Use cases:

• Generate private keys
• Create nonces for encryption
• Produce blinding factors for commitments
• Generate ephemeral keypairs

Parameters

length

number

Number of random bytes to generate

Returns

`0x${string}`

Random bytes as hex string with 0x prefix

Examples

const privateKey = generateRandomBytes(32)
console.log(privateKey) // "0xabc123...def" (64 hex chars)

const nonce = generateRandomBytes(24) // For XChaCha20