https://github.com/yields/phony

Tiny command line fake data generator.
https://github.com/yields/phony

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Tiny command line fake data generator.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yields/phony
• Owner: yields
• Created: 2014-12-13T07:04:14.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-05T11:44:53.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-13T22:14:08.317Z (12 days ago)
• Language: Go
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• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 732
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 24
• Open Issues: 5
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  • Readme: Readme.md
  • Changelog: History.md

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# phony

  Tiny command line program that accepts a template and outputs fake data.

  ![](https://cldup.com/RZoAhReDqN.gif)

## Installation

Via gobinaries.com

```bash

$ curl https://gobinaries.com/yields/phony | sh

```

Via go get:

```bash

$ go get github.com/yields/phony

```

## Examples

```bash

# publish email to nsq every 1ms.

echo '{"email":"{{email}}", "subject": "welcome!"}' \

  | phony --tick 1ms \

  | json-to-nsq --topic users

# add users to FoundationDB.

echo "'set {{username}} {{avatar}}'" \

  | phony \

  | xargs -L1 -n3 fdbcli --exec

# add users to MongoDB.

echo "'db.users.insert({ name: \"{{name}}\" })'" \

  | phony \

  | xargs -L1 -n1 mongo --eval

# add users to Redis.

echo "set {{username}} {{avatar}}" \

  | phony \

  | xargs -L1 -n3 redis-cli

# send a single request using curl.

echo 'country={{country}}' \

  | phony --max 1 \

  | curl -d @- httpbin.org/post

```

## Usage

```text

Usage: phony

  [--tick d]

  [--max n]

  [--list]

  phony -h | --help

  phony -v | --version

Options:

  --list          list all available generators

  --max n         generate data up to n [default: -1]

  --tick d        generate data every d [default: 10ms]

  -v, --version   show version information

  -h, --help      show help information

```

## Generators

```text

  avatar

  color

  country

  country.code

  domain

  domain.name

  domain.tld

  double

  email

  event.action

  http.method

  id

  ipv4

  ipv6

  ksuid

  latitude

  longitude

  mac.address

  name

  name.first

  name.last

  product.category

  product.name

  state

  state.code

  timezone

  unixtime

  username

  uuid

```

## License

  (MIT), 2014 Amir Abu Shareb.