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alain

v1.0.0

Published

Need a product name? Ask alain!

Downloads

4

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alain

Need a product name? Ask alain!

PumpkAlain

Coming up with good product names that are marketable, unique, and memorable is hard. Let alain help!

Alain has already done the grunt work of figuring out which words make the best product names and will generate a magical combination from this curated set... every time, guaranteed!

What are you waiting for? Put alain to the test!

Install

As CLI:

npm install -g alain

As module:

npm install --save alain
var alain = require('alain')

Examples

Ask alain for a product name

$ alain
We'll call it... ProGear

Ask for 5 product names

$ alain --exactly 5
We'll call it... NexSpin... TaxThink... WatchWeb... TeamSlick... WorkSat

Let alain choose between 2 and 10 names

$ alain --min 2 --max 10
We'll call it... MapAlert... InstaFleet... PayTax... SafeAlert

Have alain generate names until you find something specific you're looking for

Kill with Ctrl C

$ alain --forever --brief --interval 50 | grep Best
BestGear
DataBest
NexBest

Get CLI help content

$ alain --help

API

alain([options], [callback(error, results)])

alain.sync([options])

Generate product names.

The asynchronous version will call a given callback or, if not given, return a Promise.

The synchronous version will return results immediately.

Each product name will be returned as either a string (default) or an object (based on the object boolean option). If there are multiple generated names, an array will be returned, unless the join string option is given, in which case a string of joined names will be returned.

options

Based on random-words.

  • exactly: number

    Generate exactly this many product names.

  • min: number

    Generate at least this many product names.

  • max: number

    Generate at most this many product names.

  • join: string

    Call join on the results array using this string.

  • object: boolean

    Use an object for each result element instead of a string. The object will have a left property and right property as strings, representing the word combo that makes the name.

License

ISC © Contributors

Disclaimer

This module was created for fun but should definitely be taken seriously. ✌