ID

5daab81

date

2023-12-20 21:40:09+00:00

author

Alex Chan <alex@alexwlchan.net>

parent

9284eb7

message

Bring across my 'create_username' script

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1 file, 93 additions

• create_username

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create_username (0) → create_username (2341)

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+On sites where I don't want to use my standard username (@alexwlchan) --
+for example, if I'm starring content but not creating anything -- I create
+alliterative usernames from the names provided by Docker.
+
+e.g. on GitHub I might use "goofy_galileo"
+
+This script generates an alliterative username for me.
+
+Usage: pass a single letter as first argument, and it offers five suggestions:
+
+    $ ./usernames.py a
+    angry_almeida
+    admiring_ardinghelli
+    admiring_austin
+    amazing_aryabhata
+    admiring_albattani
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import random
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from typing import TypedDict
+
+import httpx
+
+
+def get_name_options() -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]:
+    resp = httpx.get(
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moby/moby/master/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator.go"
+    )
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+
+    go_src = resp.text
+
+    # The adjectives are an array of strings:
+    #
+    #       var (
+    #           left = [...]string{
+    #               "admiring",
+    #               "adoring",
+    #               ...
+    #               "zen",
+    #           }
+    #
+    adjectives_src = go_src.split("left = [...]string{")[1].split("}")[0]
+
+    # The names are another array of strings, but with comments on names
+    # to explain their significance:
+    #
+    #           right = [...]string{
+    #               // Muhammad ibn Jābir ...
+    #               "albattani",
+    #
+    #               ...
+    #
+    #               "zhukovsky",
+    #           }
+    #
+    names_src = go_src.split("right = [...]string{")[1].split("\n)")[0]
+
+    adjectives = [
+        line.strip('\t",') for line in adjectives_src.splitlines() if line.strip('\t",')
+    ]
+
+    names = [
+        line.strip('\t",}')
+        for line in names_src.splitlines()
+        if not line.strip().startswith("//") and line.strip('\t",}')
+    ]
+
+    return adjectives, names
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        char = sys.argv[1].lower()
+    except IndexError:
+        sys.exit(f"Usage: {__file__} <CHAR>")
+
+    adjectives, names = get_name_options()
+
+    for _ in range(5):
+        print(
+            "%s_%s"
+            % (
+                random.choice([a for a in adjectives if a.startswith(char)]),
+                random.choice([n for n in names if n.startswith(char)]),
+            )
+        )