SnowMakerCore 2.0.0-beta

.NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of SnowMakerCore. 
dotnet add package SnowMakerCore --version 2.0.0-beta
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package SnowMakerCore -Version 2.0.0-beta
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="SnowMakerCore" Version="2.0.0-beta" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="SnowMakerCore" Version="2.0.0-beta" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="SnowMakerCore" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add SnowMakerCore --version 2.0.0-beta
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: SnowMakerCore, 2.0.0-beta"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package SnowMakerCore@2.0.0-beta
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=SnowMakerCore&version=2.0.0-beta&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=SnowMakerCore&version=2.0.0-beta&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

SnowMakerCore (.NET Core / .NET Standard version)

Originally created by Tatham Oddie as SnowMaker

A high performance, distributed unique id generator for Azure environments.

Ids are longs, not ugly GUIDs.

This forked version updated by Chris Adol to netstandard2.0/netstandard2.1 and async. Now uses Azure.Storage.Blobs nuget package.

This version is available on NuGet as SnowMakerCore: http://nuget.org/List/Packages/SnowMakerCore

Usage should be something like this (different to the original usage):

     var storageConnectionString = "UseDevelopmentStorage=true"; //Actually, get a real connection string from your configuration.
     const string containerName = "snowmakerKeys";
     var dataStore = await BlobOptimisticDataStore.CreateAsync(storageConnectionString, containerName);
     var cloudyKeyGenerator = new UniqueIdGenerator(dataStore);
     var orderNumber = await cloudyKeyGenerator.NextIdAsync("orderNumbers");

Another example useage (using AzureSasCredential approach):

     var accountName = "mystorageaccountname"; //Actually, get a real storage account name from your configuration.
     var serviceUri = new Uri($"https://{accountName}.blob.core.windows.net");
     var azureSasCredential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
     const string containerName = "snowmakerKeys";
     var dataStore = await BlobOptimisticDataStore.CreateAsync(serviceUri, azureSasCredential, containerName);
     var cloudyKeyGenerator = new UniqueIdGenerator(dataStore);
     var orderNumber = await cloudyKeyGenerator.NextIdAsync("orderNumbers");

This version is NOT affiliated to the original authors so please do not ask them for help with this version.

Documented at http://blog.tatham.oddie.com.au/2011/07/14/released-snowmaker-a-unique-id-generator-for-azure-or-any-other-cloud-hosting-environment/

Heavily inspired by, and some code copied from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309174.aspx

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Version Downloads Last Updated
2.0.0-beta 178 11/24/2025
1.0.10 10,317 12/16/2022
1.0.9 42,895 1/21/2020
1.0.7 1,029 11/3/2019
1.0.6 868 11/3/2019
1.0.5 912 11/3/2019
1.0.4 34,402 10/17/2017
1.0.3 1,893 9/1/2017
1.0.1 1,560 8/3/2017
1.0.0 1,568 7/28/2017

Updated integration tests
Fixed intermittent failure of integration test by using static ConcurrentDictionary and further semaphores
Migrated to supported Azure.Storage.Blobs package