dashboards: extract short uid generator to util package. #7883

pkg/util/shortid_generator.go

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+package util
+
+import (
+	"github.com/teris-io/shortid"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	gen, _ := shortid.New(1, shortid.DefaultABC, 1)
+	shortid.SetDefault(gen)
+
+}
+
+// GenerateShortUid generates a short unique identifier.
+func GenerateShortUid() (uid string, err error) {
+	if uid, err = shortid.Generate(); err != nil {
+		if uid, err = shortid.Generate(); err != nil {
+			if uid, err = shortid.Generate(); err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return uid, nil
+}