JSON RANDOM DATA GENERATOR CLI

Table of Content

• About

• Installation

• Usage

• Example Config File

• Example Output File

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About

This is a command line tool for the JSON Random Data Generator library.

You can find out more about the library from the github repository or the npm page.

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Installation

Locally:

npm i --save-dev json-random-data-generator-cli

Globally:

npm install -g json-random-data-generator-cli

Usage

Command:

jsonRDG-cli

Usage: -a string -f string -n number -c string

Options: --help Show help [boolean] --version Show version number [boolean] -a, --arrayName the name of the array of objects [string] [required] -n, --numberOfObjectsToGenerate The number of objects to generate in the json array [number] [required] -f, --fileName The file name for the output file to be put in the exports folder [string] [required] -c, --configFile The path for the config file that is in the config folder [string] [required]

Examples:

  npm run generate -- -a customerComments -f ./exports/exampleData.json -n 200
  -c ./configs/exampleConfig.json

OR

  jsonRDG-cli -a customerComments -f ./exports/exampleData.json -n 200 -c example.json

Troubleshooting:

• Make sure the directory that you want to write to exists.
• Make sure the directory that you want to read from exists.
• Make sure the name of the array of objects is correct.

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Example Config File:

{
  "customerComments": [
    {
      "name": "donutName",
      "type": "arr",
      "values": [
        "Cinnamon",
        "Bavarian Cream",
        "Toasted Coconut",
        "Jelly Stick",
        "Powdered Sugar",
        "Old Fashioned Cake",
        "Vanilla Frosted with Sprinkles",
        "Original Stick",
        "Boston Cream",
        "Jelly",
        "Butternut",
        "Double Chocolate",
        "Chocolate Glazed",
        "Strawberry Frosted with Sprinkles",
        "Blueberry Cake",
        "Maple Frosted with Sprinkles",
        "French Cruller",
        "Glazed Stick",
        "Glazed Chocolate Stick",
        "Glazed",
        "Chocolate Frosted"
      ]
    },
    { "name": "price", "type": "num", "values": [1, 200] },
    { "name": "customerRating", "type": "numFloat", "values": [1, 100] },
    {
      "name": "customerComment",
      "type": "arr",
      "values": [
        "Great!",
        "Not as good at Tom Hartman's.",
        "Gross!",
        "Meh.",
        "I have had worse.",
        "It was okay... I guess...",
        "Delicious!",
        "I want my money back.",
        "Can I have the recipe?",
        "I ate 23 of these, and then I got sick..."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "company",
      "type": "val",
      "values": ["The Example Doughnut Company"]
    }
  ]
}

Example Output File

{
"customerComments":[
{
"company": "The Example Doughnut Company",
"customerComment": "It was okay... I guess...",
"customerRating": 68.50454115485834,
"price": 180,
"donutName": "Chocolate Frosted"
},{
"company": "The Example Doughnut Company",
"customerComment": "I ate 23 of these, and then I got sick...",
"customerRating": 86.2937054940101,
"price": 186,
"donutName": "Toasted Coconut"
},{
"company": "The Example Doughnut Company",
"customerComment": "I have had worse.",
"customerRating": 20.13289213464826,
"price": 125,
"donutName": "Original Stick"
},{
"company": "The Example Doughnut Company",
"customerComment": "Great!",
"customerRating": 68.4890538357093,
"price": 11,
"donutName": "Butternut"
}
]
}