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https://github.com/captainsafia/fony
A simple command line tool for generating fake data from a template string
https://github.com/captainsafia/fony
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A simple command line tool for generating fake data from a template string
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/captainsafia/fony
- Owner: captainsafia
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-04-05T08:04:05.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-12-07T15:53:54.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-14T11:52:48.468Z (10 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 14.6 KB
- Stars: 513
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 24
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
# fony
fony is a **simple** command line tool that generates dummy JSON data from
a provided template.
The application utilizes [Chance.js](http://chancejs.com/) under the hood
so any data type supported by Chance.js is supported by fony.
fony is intended to provide a simple solution to the most common data
generation needs. You can use the command line to pipe output from
fony to other tools and integrate it into your workflow.
## Installation
```
npm install --global fony
```
## Usage
```
Usage: fony [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-t, --template JSON template for data to be generated
-c, --count [count] The number of elements to create, defaults to 1
```
## Example
Mac and Linux folks can use single quotes around a double-quoted string of JSON like this:
```
fony -t '{"name": "name", "age": "age", "address": "address"}' -c 2
```
But Windows handles quotes on the command line differently, so be sure to escape your strings and only use double quotes:
```
fony -t "{\"name\": \"name\", \"age\": \"age\", \"address\": \"address\"}" -c 2
```
## Niceties
fony supports nested fixtures:
```js
$ fony -t '{"foo": {"bar": "name"}}'
{
"foo": {
"bar": "Virgie Davidson"
}
}
```
As well as arrays:
```js
$ fony -t '{"tags": ["word", 3]}'
{
"tags": [
"oklu",
"odikabi",
"coan"
]
}
```
