LoreML

LoreML is a markup language for generating random text.

Installation

npm i loreml

Usage

import LoreML from 'loreml'

const loreml = new LoreML()

const text = await loreml.parse(`
  <Root seed="123" locale="en">
      <Document>
          <Text repeat="3">
              <Date when="recent" format="yyyy-MM-dd"/>
              <Paragraph />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>
`)

LoreML Syntax

<Root>

The root element of the document.

• Attributes
  • seed - A seed value for the random number generator. If not provided, a random seed will be generated.
  • locale - The locale of the generated text. Possible values are:
    • en - English (default)
    • es - Spanish
    • fr - French
    • de - German
    • it - Italian
• Children
  • Document
  • Template
  • Person
  • Location

<Template>

A template is a named block of text that can be reused in the document.

• Attributes

  • name - (required) The name of the template.

• Children

  • Text

• Example

  <Root>
      <Template name="greeting">
          <Text>
              Greetings {nameVar}
          </Text>
      </Template>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <UseTemplate ref="greeting" nameVar="Lorem"/>
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<Person />

Generates a random person.

• Attributes

  • ref - (required) A reference to the person for later use.
  • sex - The sex of the person. If not specified, a random one will be picked. Possible values are male and female.

• Example

  <Root>
      <Person ref="person1" />
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <UsePerson ref="person1" />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<Location />

Generates a random location.

• Attributes

  • ref - (required) A reference to the location for later use.

• Example

  <Root>
      <Location ref="location1" />
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <UseLocation ref="location1">
                  <City />
                  <State />
                  <Country />
              </UseLocation>
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<Document>

Denotes the output of a text document.

• Children
  • Text

<Text>

A Text element can contain any number of self-closing elements, other Text tags, and also inline raw text.

• Attributes

  • repeat - The number of times to repeat the text. If not provided, the text will be repeated once.
  • pick - Sample N children at random. If not provided, all children will be included.

• Children

  • Text
  • UseTemplate
  • UsePerson
  • Sentence
  • Paragraph
  • Date
  • UniformInt
  • UniformFloat

<UseTemplate />

Inserts a pre-defined template into the document.

• Attributes

  • ref - (required) The name of the template to use.
  • [varName: string]: string - Variables to replace in the template.

• Example

    <Root>
        <Template name="greeting">
            <Text>
                Greetings {nameVar}
            </Text>
        </Template>
        <Document>
            <Text>
            <UseTemplate
                ref="greeting"
                nameVar="Lorem"
            />
            </Text>
        </Document>
    </Root>

<UseLocation />

Inserts a pre-defined location into the document. Uses child elements to specify which properties of the location to include.

• Attributes

  • ref - (required) The reference of the location to use.

• Children

  • Address
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • Zip
  • Country

• Example

    <Root>
        <Location ref="location1" />
        <Document>
            <Text>
                <UseLocation ref="location1">
                    <City />
                    <State />
                    <Country />
                </UseLocation>
            </Text>
        </Document>
    </Root>

<UsePerson />

Inserts a pre-defined person into the document. Uses child elements to specify which properties of the person to include.

• Attributes

  • ref - (required) The reference of the person to use.

• Children

  • Sex
  • Prefix
  • FirstName
  • LastName
  • MiddleName
  • FullName
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Address
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • Zip
  • Country

• Example

    <Root>
        <Person ref="person1" />
        <Document>
            <Text>
                <UsePerson ref="person1">
                    <FirstName />
                    <LastName />
                    <Email />
                </UsePerson>
            </Text>
        </Document>
    </Root>

<Sentence />

Generates a sentence of lorem ipsum text.

• Attributes

  • min - The minimum number of words in the sentence. (Default: 3).
  • max - The maximum number of words in the sentence. (Default: 10).

• Example

  <Root>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <Sentence min="5" max="10" />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<Paragraph />

Generates a paragraph of lorem ipsum text.

• Attributes

  • min - The minimum number of sentences in the paragraph. (Default: 3).
  • max - The maximum number of sentences in the paragraph. (Default: 10).

• Example

  <Root>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <Paragraph min="5" max="10" />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<Date />

Generates a random date.

• Attributes

  • when - The time frame of the date. Possible values are recent, past, soon, future, anytime. (Default: anytime).
  • format - The format of the date. See date-format (npm) for possible values.

• Example

  <Root>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <Date when="soon" format="yyyy-MM-dd"/>
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<UniformInt />

Generates a uniformly sampled random integer.

• Attributes

  • min - The minimum value of the integer. (Default: 0).
  • max - The maximum value of the integer. (Default: 10).

• Example

  <Root>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <UniformInt min="5" max="10" />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>

<UniformFloat />

Generates a uniformly sampled random float.

• Attributes

  • min - The minimum value of the float. (Default: 0).
  • max - The maximum value of the float. (Default: 10).

• Example

  <Root>
      <Document>
          <Text>
              <UniformFloat min="5" max="10" />
          </Text>
      </Document>
  </Root>