diff --git a/id/random.go b/id/random.go
index 0c804df..222833d 100644
--- a/id/random.go
+++ b/id/random.go
@@ -1,26 +1,38 @@
 package id
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"crypto/rand"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 // GenerateRandomString creates a random string of characters of the given
 // length from the given dictionary of possible characters.
 //
 // This example generates a hexadecimal string 6 characters long:
 //     GenerateRandomString("0123456789abcdef", 6)
 func GenerateRandomString(dictionary string, l int) string {
 	var bytes = make([]byte, l)
 	rand.Read(bytes)
 	for k, v := range bytes {
 		bytes[k] = dictionary[v%byte(len(dictionary))]
 	}
 	return string(bytes)
 }
 
 // GenSafeUniqueSlug generatees a reasonably unique random slug from the given
 // original slug. It's "safe" because it uses 0-9 b-z excluding vowels.
 func GenSafeUniqueSlug(slug string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", slug, GenerateRandomString("0123456789bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz", 4))
 }
+
+// Generate62RandomString creates a random string with the given length
+// consisting of characters in [A-Za-z0-9].
+func Generate62RandomString(l int) string {
+	return GenerateRandomString("0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", l)
+}
+
+// GenerateFriendlyRandomString creates a random string of characters with the
+// given length consisting of characters in [a-z0-9].
+func GenerateFriendlyRandomString(l int) string {
+	return GenerateRandomString("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", l)
+}