A JavaScript module for generating passages of placeholder text from Bob Dylan lyrics.
npm install dylan-ipsumBob's catalogue has 136,392 words, 520 mentions of love, 52 mentions of law, and 5 mentions of ... country pie.
If you're just after some quick filler text without adding a package to your project, consider using the pretty app instead: https://www.dylanlyrics.app/
To show some ❤️ for this project, let's grab a coffee.
Enjoy!
npm i dylan-ipsum
Usage
import DylanIpsum from "dylan-ipsum"// Default settings
const bob = new DylanIpsum()
// Custom settings
const bob2 = new DylanIpsum({
years: [1963, 1967],
titleLength: [5, 10],
phraseLength: [10, 20],
paragraphLength: [100, 150]
})
bob.words(4) // ["Ramble", "Highway", "Wiggle", "Mama"]
bob.titles(3) // ["Hurricane", "Masters of War, New Morning"]
bob.phrases(2) // ["With no direction home", "Purple clover, Queen Anne’s lace"]
bob.paragraphs(1) // ["I’m sailin’ away my own true love. I'm sailing away in the morning ..."]
You can also override default lengths on a function call:
bob.titles(3, [3, 4]) // 3 titles of 3 or 4 words
bob.phrases(5, [10, 20]) // 5 phrases between 10–20 words
bob.paragraphs(7, 120) // 7 paragraphs of exactly 120 words
Functions
The
class contains 4 functions. Each return an array of _n_ length:-
bob.words(n) – A capitalised word. Good for menu items and small lists.
- bob.titles(n) – A song title. Good for titles, lists, names.
- bob.phrases(n) – A single line. Good for lists, quotes, attributes.
- bob.paragraphs(n) – A block of lyrics. Good for body content.
Options
All options are [min, max] arrays. A single value can also be provided.
The values for
paragraphLength and phraseLength denote word count.Default values shown below.
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const options = {
"paragraphLength": [50, 200],
"phraseLength": [3, 15],
"titleLength": [1, 14],
"years": [1962, 2020]
}