1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc-server/trex_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc-server/trex_rpc_server.cpp
index 149bb668..a5988cab 100644
--- a/src/rpc-server/trex_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc-server/trex_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ get_current_date_time() {
 
 const std::string TrexRpcServer::s_server_uptime = get_current_date_time();
 std::string TrexRpcServer::s_owner = "none";
+std::string TrexRpcServer::s_owner_handler = "";
 
 TrexRpcServer::TrexRpcServer(const TrexRpcServerConfig &req_resp_cfg) {
 
@@ -157,3 +158,22 @@ void TrexRpcServer::set_verbose(bool verbose) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * generate a random connection handler
+ * 
+ */
+std::string TrexRpcServer::generate_handler() {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+
+    static const char alphanum[] =
+        "0123456789"
+        "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+        "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+
+    /* generate 8 bytes of random handler */
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
+        ss << alphanum[rand() % (sizeof(alphanum) - 1)];
+    }
+
+    return (ss.str());
+}