@siantech/username-generator NPM

@siantech/username-generator

NPM

Installing

Using npm:

$ npm install @siantech/username-generator --save

Once the package is installed, you can import the library using import or require approach:

Importing

// Using Node.js `require()`
const { UsernameGenerator } = require("@siantech/username-generator");
// Using ES6 imports
import { UsernameGenerator } from "@siantech/username-generator";

Usage

Generate username from email

It will generate username from email and add four random digits at the end of the name.

const generator = new UsernameGenerator();
const username = generator.generateFromEmail(
  "john.smith@example.com"
);
console.log(username); // JohnsmithRedPotato3762 🏋️

Randomly generate unique username.

It will generate unique username from names, mythical creatures, colors and nouns digits and separator. You can control these following parameters - separator and emoji.

// generate username using the default configuration
const generator = new UsernameGenerator();
const username = generator.generate();
console.log(username); // IsabelleGrayDjinn7514

// generate username using separator and emoji
const config = {
    separator: "*",
    showEmoji: true
}
const generator = new UsernameGenerator(config);
const username = generator.generate();
console.log(username); // Christopher*Gray*Griffin*2757 👆

options

Type: Config

The options argument mostly corresponds to the properties defined for uniqueUsernameGenerator. Only dictionaries is required.

Option	Type	Description	Default value	Example value
dictionary	`creatures \\| nouns \\| fruits-and-vegetables`	By default, the username is generated using Name + Colour + Mythical Creatures dictionaries. You can change Mythical Creatures and use another dictionary like "nouns" or "fruits-and-vegetables".	creatures	`nouns`
separator	`string`	A string separator to be used for separate the words generated. The default separator is set to be empty string.	""	`-`
emoji	`boolean`	If set to true, it will display a random emoji at the end of the generated Username.	false	true
style	`lowerCase \\| upperCase \\| camel`	The default value is set to `lowerCase` and it will return a lower case username.By setting the value to `upperCase`, the words, will be returned with all the letters in upper case format.The `camel` option will capitalize each word of the unique username generated	lowerCase	`lowerCase`

License

The MIT License.

Thank you

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