random name generator functions

functions/random-names/generators.js

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+function chance (fraction) {
+  return Math.random() < fraction
+}
+
+function randInt (max) {
+  // simplified because it will always be min=0
+  return Math.round(Math.random() * max)
+}
+
+function randElement (list) {
+  const max = list.length - 1
+  const index = randInt(max)
+  return list[index]
+}
+
+module.exports = function RandomGenerators (dicts) {
+  const adjectives = dicts['adjectives']
+  const adverbs = dicts['adverbs']
+  const palindromes = dicts['palindrome-sentences']
+  const housingNouns = dicts['nouns-housing']
+  const transportNouns = dicts['nouns-transportations']
+  const alliterations = dicts['alliterations']
+  const people = dicts['given-names']
+  const letters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.split('')
+  // TODO: prepositions? number words?
+
+  function randomLetterCombination () {
+    let output = ''
+    for (let idx = 1 + randInt(3); idx; idx--) output += randElement(letters)
+    return output
+  }
+
+  function randomSuffixedName (suffix) {
+    let person = randElement(people)
+    if (person.endsWith('s') || person.endsWith('x') || person.endsWith('z')) {
+      person += `' ${suffix}`
+    } else {
+      person += `'s ${suffix}`
+    }
+    return person
+  }
+
+  // This version always returns a named star
+  function genNamedStar () {
+    return randomSuffixedName('Star')
+  }
+
+  function genStar () {
+    if (chance(0.1)) { // 10% chance for a personalized name
+      return randomSuffixedName('Star')
+    }
+
+    const rndN = randInt(99999)
+    const rndL = randomLetterCombination()
+    const lettersFirst = chance(0.5)
+    const output = lettersFirst ? `${rndL}-${rndN}` : `${rndN}-${rndL}`
+
+    return output
+  }
+
+  function genPlanet () {
+    if (chance(0.1)) { // 10% chance for Palindromes!
+      return randElement(palindromes)
+    }
+
+    let output = ''
+    const includeAdjective = chance(0.8)
+
+    if (includeAdjective) {
+      const includeAdverb = chance(0.2)
+      if (includeAdverb) output += randElement(adverbs) + ' '
+      output += randElement(adjectives) + ' '
+    }
+    output += randElement(housingNouns)
+    return output
+  }
+
+  function genStation () {
+    if (chance(0.1)) { // 10% chance for an alliteration!
+      return randElement(alliterations)
+    }
+
+    if (chance(0.5)) { // 50% chance for something like Amal's hut
+      const designation = randElement(housingNouns)
+      return randomSuffixedName(designation)
+    }
+
+    let output = ''
+    const includeAdjective = chance(0.8)
+
+    if (includeAdjective) {
+      const includeAdverb = chance(0.2)
+      if (includeAdverb) output += randElement(adverbs) + ' '
+      output += randElement(adjectives) + ' '
+    }
+    output += randElement(housingNouns)
+    return output
+  }
+
+  function genStarship () {
+    if (chance(0.1)) { // 10% chance for an alliteration!
+      return randElement(alliterations)
+    }
+
+    if (chance(0.5)) { // 50% chance for something like Mel's steamship
+      const designation = randElement(transportNouns)
+      return randomSuffixedName(designation)
+    }
+
+    let output = ''
+    const includeAdjective = chance(0.8)
+
+    if (includeAdjective) {
+      const includeAdverb = chance(0.2)
+      if (includeAdverb) output += randElement(adverbs) + ' '
+      output += randElement(adjectives) + ' '
+    }
+    output += randElement(transportNouns)
+    return output
+  }
+
+  return { genStar, genNamedStar, genPlanet, genStation, genStarship }
+}

functions/random-names/random-names.js

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+const dicts = require('./dicts.js')
+const randomGenerators = require('./generators.js')
+
+const {
+  //genStar,
+  genNamedStar,
+  genPlanet,
+  genStation,
+  genStarship
+} = randomGenerators(dicts)
+
+const generators = {
+  'random-star-name': genNamedStar,
+  'random-planet-name': genPlanet,
+  'random-station-name': genStation,
+  'random-starship-name': genStarship,
+}
+
 // Docs on event and context https://www.netlify.com/docs/functions/#the-handler-method
 const handler = async (event) => {
   try {
-    const subject = event.queryStringParameters.name || 'World'
+    // path looks like this: /.netlify/functions/random-names/foo
+    const generatorKey = event.path.slice(33) // cheapo path segmentation
+    const generator = generators[generatorKey]
+
+    if (!generator) return {
+      statusCode: 404,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ statusCode: 404, body: `Unkown generator "${generatorKey}".` }),
+    }
+
+    const name = generator()
+
     return {
       statusCode: 200,
-      body: JSON.stringify({ message: `Hello ${subject}`, path: event.path }),
+      body: JSON.stringify({ name }),
-      // // more keys you can return:
-      // headers: { "headerName": "headerValue", ... },
-      // isBase64Encoded: true,
     }
   } catch (error) {
     return { statusCode: 500, body: error.toString() }

functions/random-names/random-names.test.js

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+const { handler } = require('./random-names.js')
+
+function generateEvent (path) {
+  // see https://docs.netlify.com/functions/build-with-javascript/#format
+  return {
+    path: `/.netlify/functions/random-names/${path}`,
+    httpMethod: 'GET',
+    headers: {},
+    queryStringParameters: {},
+    body: null,
+    isBase64Encoded: false,
+  }
+}
+
+(function test () {
+  const events = {
+    randomStarName: generateEvent('random-star-name'),
+    randomPlanetName: generateEvent('random-planet-name'),
+    randomStationName: generateEvent('random-station-name'),
+    randomStarshipName: generateEvent('random-starship-name'),
+  }
+
+  Object.keys(events).map(async (key) => {
+    const event = events[key]
+    const result = await handler(event)
+    console.log(key, result.statusCode, result.body)
+  })
+}())