Natural file and folder name generator

Auto generates random file and folder names that look perfectly natural.

Installation

npm install natural-filename-generator

Why?

For a recent project I had to auto generate a lot of file and folder names only they could not look auto generated!

Auto generated strings typically look sequential and are easy to spot e.g

file01.jpg
file01.jpg
file03.jpg

This module builds strings from:

• 4000 common English words
• 4000 celebrity names (dead and living)
• Names of countries and capitals
• Popular topics
• Random numbers (at random lengths)
• Dates (in various formats)

The generator uses a natural distribution curve following Zipf's law

Example

var NaturalNameGenerator = require('natural-filename-generator');

var g = new NaturalNameGenerator();
    
for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    var name = g.generate('jpg');
    console.log(name);
}

I bet that neither a machine or a human can tell that below names are 100% machine generated:

photos_donate_2015_sri-lanka_7048829_will-i-am.jpg
design_suriname_2015.jpg
expertise_2015_conakry_sao-tome-and-principe_gender.jpg
money-popup-crack.jpg
fraction_health_sao-tome-and-principe_helen-reddy_045706_sm_151104_ulan-bator.jpg
moon_energy_2015_66322131_booker-t-washington.jpg
large_news.jpg
nauru-6015-small-fighter-left-gender.jpg
tv-xs.jpg
gustavia-entertainment-productivity.jpg
vintage_bahrain_saipan.jpg
indonesia-quito-nancy-grace-left-glad.jpg
legislation-grain.jpg
large_energy_dry_philippines.jpg
footer-243-ecuador.jpg
kyrgyzstan-04795009-picabo-street-guide-style.jpg
india-data-large-gk-chesterton-mother.jpg
footer-barbados-celine-dion.jpg
socio_respectively_366996.jpg
socio_ahead_531437_sweden_popup.jpg
trinidad_samuel-morse_bring.jpg
tv_nepal_390380_george-foreman.jpg
sidebar_socio_culture_guinea-bissau.jpg
xl_david-blaine_component_tanzania_books.jpg
navy-suitable-andres-segovia.jpg
2015-11-04_data_burundi.jpg
penalty_port-of-spain_left_press.jpg
marlon-wayans_26928925_read.jpg
meditation.jpg
2015-11-04-stefanie-powers-comoros-energy-shirt.jpg
financial-software-footer-763.jpg
gambia-math-nicole-bass.jpg
nassau_tyrone-power_mobile_attribute.jpg
mauritania-books-540800-descend-richard-fleischer.jpg
south-africa_footer_jamie-lynn-spears_space_sm.jpg
footer_cambodia_jacqueline-susann_business_151104.jpg
alex-karras_xl.jpg
xl-vintage-header.jpg
debate_8680823_norway_deputy.jpg
pyongyang_15_world_burt-lancaster.jpg
9946-ethics-small.jpg
poland-vintage-immune.jpg
law_sm_raymond-chandler_finland.jpg
often_navy_solomon-islands_ernie-kovacs.jpg
iceland-medium-mary-pickford-74534-navy.jpg
melvin-van-peebles-cte-divoire-jobs.jpg
faq_footer.jpg
suva_small_mao-tse-tung_math.jpg
guatemala-port-moresby-drama-robert-preston.jpg
science_small.jpg
tony-hawk-mining-montenegro.jpg
151104_music_bette-davis_nepal.jpg
2015-11-04_world_paraguay_constitute.jpg
dominica-legislation.jpg
vintage-iraq-the-valley-tale-ogden-nash.jpg
military_samoa_boom_porto-novo_2015_joyce-dewitt.jpg
xl_san-marino_money_eddie-cleanhead-vinson.jpg
veronica-hamel_military_known_kigali.jpg