python_identity_generator

Using existing modules to help create an identity generator - not that you actually need one.

Getting Started

This script uses request and BeautifulSoup to scrape information off of https://www.fakepersongenerator.com/ to provide a fake identity. There are quite a few flaws in regards with parsing the information but it works overall. The excess information that this site provides amounts to the point that it's scary. Why would anyone want this information? I don't know...but now it's available in script.

Prerequisites

• Python
• BeautifulSoup
• Requests

Installing

If you do not have Python installed, you can download the latest version from this link. When installing, make sure to enable pip in Optional Features. After installing, head over to Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables and add Python into PATH.

If you do not have requests or BeautifulSoup, run pip3 install requests and pip3 install BeautifulSoup in the command prompt (cmd).

Download the script from the repository and run.

Running the Program

When you initially run the program, the program just spits out a random generated name off of the site https://www.fakepersongenerator.com/. If you want to see the all of the generated data, you can pass a loop through the dictionary person_data to print a list of all of the data scraped off of the site. Otherwise, you can create multiple print statements through the object to get specific data.

Issues

There are quite a few issues in regards to using request and BeautifulSoup on https://www.fakepersongenerator.com/.

1. Should the site go down, the script is invalid.
2. Should any information generated from another site go down, the script is partially invalid. (Most of the data is generated off other sites).
3. Should you not have internet, the script is invalid.
4. Should you encounter a captcha, the script is invalid.
5. A new person is generated every time the code is ran - even if stored as a variable.
6. The code sucks. Deal with it, it's a work in progress.

Future Improvements

• I might consider creating an identity file with stored information so this script works offline as well. (But why...?)
• Improve information parsing.
• Make data extractable

Authors

th3linja

Acknowledgements

Thank you authors of BeautifulSoup and requests.

• BeautifulSoup

• requests