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node-red-node-data-generator

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A Node-RED node to create a string of dummy data values from a template. Useful for test-cases.

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<script type="text/html" data-help-name="data-generator"> <p>Creates dummy data strings based on a handlebars-style template.</p> <p>Uses the <i><a href="https://github.com/webroo/dummy-json/blob/master/README.md" target="_new">dummy-json</a></i> module, which can create rich sets of dummy data for testing or other uses.</p> <p>Will build a string or a parsed JSON object, creating values based on the helper names below: <pre style="word-break:normal">title, firstName, lastName, company, domain, tld, email, street, city, country, countryCode, zipcode, postcode, lat, long, phone, color, hexColor, guid, ipv4, ipv6, lorem [nn], date, time, lowercase, uppercase, int, float, boolean</pre> <p>Multiple values can be generated by use of the <i>repeat</i> syntax.</p> <p>In addition any properties passed in on <code>msg</code> can also be used - for example <code>{{payload}}</code>.</p> <p>Finally <code>msg.seed</code> can be used to preset the pseudo-random seed to ensure repeatability across calls.</p> </script>