rcnames

a simple module to generate random code names.

setup

npm install rcnames

how to use

you should pass a format string (or a multitude of them). each format string is either a static bit, which will appear in the generated name as provided, or a randomized bit, which should be of the format <list>, or <list1 | list2> or <list1 | list2> * count, which translates into a segment including count random items of list (or one of the given lists). example:

const generate = require('rcnames');
 
//
// generates a string of 6 numbers or lowercase or uppercase characters.
//
generate('<lower | upper | num> * 6'); 
 
//
// generates a string like 'happy-rhino'.
//
generate('<adj | color>', '-', '<animal>'); 
 
//
// generates a string like 'project blue 76'.
//
generate('project ', '<color>', ' ', '<num | lower> * 2'); 

possible list names are:

• animal: animal names (36 items)
• color: some colors (24 items)
• adj: some adjectives (24 items)
• num: 0 - 9
• lower: lowercase english alphabet (26 items)
• upper: uppercase english alphabet (26 items)

CONNECT platform

this is also a CONNECT platform package. you can find it under the name rcnames.