casual

What is casual?

The casual npm package is a versatile library for generating random data. It can be used to create fake data for testing, prototyping, and development purposes. The package offers a wide range of functionalities, including generating random strings, numbers, dates, addresses, and more.

What are casual's main functionalities?

Random String Generation

Generates a random string. This can be useful for creating random usernames, passwords, or other text data.

const casual = require('casual');
console.log(casual.string);

Random Number Generation

Generates a random integer between the specified range. This is useful for creating random IDs, quantities, or other numerical data.

const casual = require('casual');
console.log(casual.integer(1, 100));

Random Date Generation

Generates a random date in the specified format. This can be useful for creating random timestamps, birthdates, or other date-related data.

const casual = require('casual');
console.log(casual.date('YYYY-MM-DD'));

Random Address Generation

Generates a random address. This can be useful for creating random location data for testing or development purposes.

const casual = require('casual');
console.log(casual.address);

Random Email Generation

Generates a random email address. This can be useful for creating random user data for testing or development purposes.

const casual = require('casual');
console.log(casual.email);

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chance

Chance is another library for generating random data. It provides a comprehensive set of functionalities, including random string, number, date, and address generation. Chance is known for its simplicity and ease of use, making it a good alternative to casual for basic random data generation needs.

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README

NOTE: MODULE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Neat fake data generator

Better faker api.

Installation

$ npm install casual

Usage

var casual = require('casual');

// Generate random sentence
var sentence = casual.sentence;

// Generates random city name
var city = casual.city;

// And so on..

Casual uses javascript properties for common generators so you don't need to use function call operator

List of available generators

name
firstname
lastname
domain
sentence
title
email
city
text

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Egor Gumenyuk [e-mail]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.