Deps

  npm install

Usage & installation

As a module

  npm install gennifer --save

  var gennifer = require( 'gennifer' )();
  var tweetTmpl = function() {
    return {
      user: '@recursivefunk',
      text: 'I am the one'
    };
  };

  gennifer.registerTemplate( 'tweet', tweetTmpl );

  // generate a data item
  var item = gennifer.generate( 'tweet' );

  // use a stream

  gennifer
    // optional
    .channel( anEventEmitter )
    // will return the genrated data and automatically emit the new data
    .pipeGen( 'tweet' );

Loading templates from a file

  // in templates.js

  // casual is the preferred underlying data generator but you can generate
  // data with your templates in any manner you wish
  var casual = require('casual');

  module.exports = {
    aTemplate: function() {
      return {
        dateFoo: casual.date,
        aName: casual.name
      }
    }
  }

  // later...
  gennifer.loadTemplates( './templates.js' );
  var templates = gennifer.templates();
  console.log( templates );
  // { aTemplate: [Function] }

As a standalone-socket server

  [sudo] npm install -g gennifer
  genneifer [ -f 1000 -v 1 -p 8080 -t ]

Just type

  genneifer -h

For available options

Streams

Gennifer is also a native nodejs stream.

    gennifer
      .on('data', function( items ){
        // do something perhaps
      })
      .pipeGen( 'tmpl1' )
      .pipe( process.stdout );    

Run Tests

You'll need to have redis running locally for all tests to pass

  npm test

To Do

Check the issues section