/// <summary>
/// Attempt to generate a new session ID, checking the database that it doesn't already exist.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Non-colliding sessionID string.</returns>
public async Task <string> GenerateSessionId()
{
string sessionId;
// Keep generating new sessionIDs until we find one that doesn't match.
// The likelihood of a collision is extremely low, so this will likely only run once.
do
{
// Allocate space for 128 bytes.
byte[] data = new byte[128];
// Use cryptographicalyl security random number generation to create some bytes.
using (var rng = RandomNumberGenerator.Create())
{
rng.GetBytes(data);
}
// Convert the bytes to a string, removing hypen characters.
sessionId = BitConverter.ToString(data).Replace("-", "");
} while (await _db.SessionExists(sessionId));
// Return the non-colliding sessionId.
return(sessionId);
}
