From b8a5b9adf126086be373af727e2174244bd0a15a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis Ruch <louisruch@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:51:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create common errorID generation (#788)

---
 Makefile           |  4 ++++
 scripts/errorid.go | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/errorid.go

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e31630a3c..0a86391f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ dev: build-ui-ifne
 	@echo "==> Building Boundary with dev and UI features enabled"
 	@CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) BUILD_TAGS='$(BUILD_TAGS)' BOUNDARY_DEV_BUILD=1 sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/build.sh'"
 
+rand:
+	@echo "==> Generating random boundary error ID"
+	@go run scripts/errorid.go
+
 bin: BUILD_TAGS+=ui
 bin: build-ui
 	@echo "==> Building Boundary with UI features enabled"
diff --git a/scripts/errorid.go b/scripts/errorid.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28dc6286a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/errorid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/helper/base62"
+)
+
+const idLength = 10
+
+func main() {
+	rand, err := base62.Random(idLength)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("failed to generate error ID: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(rand)
+}