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Last updated: April 13, 2026

UUID Generator for Laravel Developers

Quick Answer

DevToolHQ's uuid generator works great alongside Laravel. Use it to quickly uuid generator during development, then integrate the pattern into your Laravel codebase using the code example below.

Use Cases in Laravel

  • 1.Generate unique primary keys for database records
  • 2.Create idempotency keys for API requests
  • 3.Assign unique request IDs for distributed tracing
  • 4.Generate unique filenames for uploads

Laravel Code Example

Laravel
// UUID primary keys in Laravel Eloquent
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class Article extends Model
{
    public $incrementing = false;
    protected $keyType = 'string';

    protected static function boot()
    {
        parent::boot();
        static::creating(fn ($model) => $model->id = (string) Str::uuid());
    }
}

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