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https://github.com/marianmeres/random-human-readable

Human readable random string generator. Useful for creating passwords, tokens or just plain text placeholders.
https://github.com/marianmeres/random-human-readable

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Human readable random string generator. Useful for creating passwords, tokens or just plain text placeholders.

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# @marianmeres/random-human-readable

Simple utility function to help generating random but human readable
strings. The internal english words dictionary has about ~1500 nouns, ~250 adjectives
and ~130 colors, which makes - **with default options** - over 48 billion unique choices.

Should you worry about collision, you can grow the count of possible choices by orders
of magnitude by simply increasing the `adjCount/colorsCount/nounsCount/syllablesCount`
options and/or setting the `randomizeCase` flag.

Playground: https://rhr.meres.sk/

## Installation

```shell
$ npm i @marianmeres/random-human-readable
```

## Main usage

```javascript
import { getRandomHumanReadable } from '@marianmeres/random-human-readable';

// all options are optional, and the generation order is always:
// 1. adjectives, 2. colors, 3. nouns, 4. syllables, (5. digits, 6. special chars)
getRandomHumanReadable({
// number of adjectives to generate
adjCount: 1,
// number of colors to generate
colorsCount: 1,
// number of nouns to generate
nounsCount: 2,
// number of (nonsense) syllables to generate
syllablesCount: 0,
// if true, will RanDOmiZe case on generated output
randomizeCase: false,
// string to join the generated words with
// (use explicit `false` to disable joining and return as array of words)
joinWith: '-',

// since many password validators require digits and/or special chars (and this tool
// can be used as a password generator), these are also supported, although they
// are not really human readable (in this context)
digitsCount: number,
specialCharsCount: number,
});
```

Example results (with default options):

```
fit-transparent-mouse-phrase
massive-navy-wood-joint
unkempt-cadetblue-hand-branch
incalculable-brown-quality-tank
chubby-aquamarine-year-flower
wooden-springgreen-profit-personal
prickly-darkblue-incident-schedule
refined-blue-reason-policy
wide-white-contract-transition
whispering-burlywood-ring-pizza
```

or, if you're feeling options-adventurous:

```javascript
getRandomHumanReadable({
adjCount: 5,
syllablesCount: 4,
randomizeCase: true,
// other options will be inherited from the defaults if not provided
});
```

you may get something like this:

```
shRiLLing-helPLESs-Tiny-jollY-ScrawNy-KHAki-PRiEsT-ZIFuvACy
```

## Other exposed internals

```typescript
// internal db
data = { adjs, colors, nouns };
// all below return string
getRandomAdj();
getRandomColor();
getRandomNoun();
getRandomVowel();
getRandomConsonant();
getRandomSyllable();
randomizeCase(str);

// somewhat off topic and quite opinionated "lorem ipsum like" helpers
getRandomSentence(options: Partial[] = [], shorterSentenceProbability = 0.33);
getRandomParagraph(minSentences = 1, maxSentences = 5, shorterSentenceProbability = 0.33);
```