# README
otf-util
Shared libs from each internal util of otf-reader, otf-align, otf-level
# Functions
find an available tcp port
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Makes network calls to other services (text-class, nias), and returns the response payload as bytes, or an error
method - http method to invoke (post/put/get etc.) header - map of headers to include in request body - reader for any content to supply as request body
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generate a unique id - nuid in this case
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generate a short useful unique name - hashid in this case defaultName can be upper project name like "aligner", "reader", "leveller"
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creates new connection to nats streaming server
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small utility function embedded in major ops to print a performance indicator.
do regex check on topic names provided for nats
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