Name Generator

Python 3 implementation of docker's "nonsensical names" generator. Can be used standalone or imported as a module and used in other projects.

Standalone usage

./names_generator $NUM where $NUM is an optional number of names you want to get. If not provided or equal to 1, a single name will be echoed to the shell.

With $NUM > 1, a JSON list containing that many random names will be printed, for example:

["desperate_goldberg", "cranky_golick", "ecstatic_shirley"]

Module usage

Import the module and call names_generator.get()

Parameters for get()

• unique - if True, guarantees that every word in every name will only appear once. If one of the lists is exhausted, will print a warning to STDOUT and return all names generated up to that point.

  Default: False

• number - number of names to generate. Will return a simple string if number == 1 or a JSON list if number > 1

  Default: 1

• separator - what symbol to separate the left and right side of the name with.

  Default:_ (underscore)

Credits

Docker for the original implementation