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title: GlideGuid - Client
description: The GlideGuid API provides methods to create a globally unique identifier.Creates a globally unique identifier 32 characters long, or as specified with the optional length argument.
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# GlideGuid- Client

The GlideGuid API provides methods to create a globally unique identifier.

You access the GlideGuidV3 methods using the `g_guid` global object.

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## GlideGuid - generate\(Number stringLength\)

Creates a globally unique identifier 32 characters long, or as specified with the optional length argument.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|stringLength|Number|The desired string length, must be between 1 and 32 inclusive. This parameter is optional. If not specified, the returned string will be 32 characters long.|

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|String|The globally unique identifier.|