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nerdata

Testdata from scifi and fantasy, because y'all need it.

Now with zero dependencies!

DATA

Supported universes:

Daevabad
Dune
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Lord of the Rings
Naruto
Rick and Morty
Star Wars

Planned universes:

American Gods
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
DC Comics
Discworld
Doctor Who
The Expanse
Firefly
Foundation
Greek Mythology
Gurren Lagann
Harry Potter
Marvel Comics
Mass Effect
One Piece
A Song of Ice and Fire
Umbrella Academy
The Witcher

INITIALIZATION

const { Nerdata } = require("nerdata");

A new instance can be specified with all universes:

const nerdata = new Nerdata();

A custom number generator can be provided to be used instead of Math.random():

const nerdata = new Nerdata({
  randomFn: someRandomFunction,
});

There are two ways to select which universes you want:

// Inclusive
const nerdata = new Nerdata({
  include: ["dune", "star-wars"],
});

// Exclusive
const nerdata = new Nerdata({
  exclude: ["rick-and-morty"],
});

USAGE

Call signature: nerdata.namespace.method([universes], [options])

Each method will return a random item from all loaded universes if no arguments are given. Universes can be filtered by providing a string or array of strings. Requesting a universe that does not exist or has not been loaded will throw an error.

Options may be provided for certain methods as an object.

nerdata.name.full(); // full name from any loaded universe
nerdata.name.full("star-wars"); // full name from Star Wars
nerdata.name.full(["dune", "star-wars"]); // full name from Dune or Star Wars
nerdata.name.full("fifty-shades-of-grey"); // ERROR: unsupported or unloaded

API

All return values are strings.

method	description	examples
name.first	first name	"Han", "Aragorn", "Paul"
name.last	last name	"Solo", "Sanchez", "Atreides"
name.full	full name	"Han Solo", "Rick Sanchez", "Frodo Baggins"
place.any	name of location (any type)	"Ahto City", "Gazorpazorp", "Caladan"
place.city	name of city	"Ahto City", "Seattle", "Bandalong"
place.realm	name of realm	"Tattooine", "Gazorpazorp", "Gondor"
item.any	name of item (any type)	"light saber", "space cruiser", "suspensor"
item.tool	name of tool	"neural band", "plumbus", "suspensor"
item.weapon	name of weapon	"Narsil", "freeze ray", "crysknife"
item.vehicle	name of vehicle	"X-Wing", "space cruiser", "ornithopter"
species.any	name of species (any type)	"jawa", "splorpian", "sandworm"
species.sentient	name of sentient species	"jawa", "human", "tleilaxu"
species.nonsentient	name of nonsentient species	"bantha", "fleeb", "sandworm"
quote.sentence	full sentence with punctuation	"There is no try: only do."
quote.paragraph	multiple sentences with punctuation	"There is no try: only do. You pass butter. "

OPTIONS

quote.sentence: opts.citation

citation: if true, appends speaker to quote
- true: "It's a trap!" - Admiral Ackbar
- false: It's a trap!

nerdata.quote.sentence("rick-and-morty", { citation: true }); // '"I made the bomb, Morty." - Rick Sanchez'
nerdata.quote.sentence("rick-and-morty", { citation: false }); // 'I made the bomb, Morty.'
nerdata.quote.sentence("rick-and-morty"); // 'I made the bomb, Morty.'

quote.paragraph: opts.sentences

sentences: number of sentences in paragraph
- default: 3

nerdata.quote.paragraph("rick-and-morty", { sentences: 1 }); // 'I made the bomb, Morty.'
nerdata.quote.paragraph("rick-and-morty"); // 'I made the bomb, Morty. You pass butter. I mean, why would a Pop-Tart want to live inside a toaster, Rick?'

BUILDING

To build, run npm run compile. This first compiles the Typescript code and then auto-generates Flow definitions. Some magic is done here to add // @flow, and the generator can make mistakes, so be sure to run npm run check-flow to be sure everything worked.