Nickname Generator for C++

Features

The library currently supports the following:

• Nickname Generation. The library randomly generates a nickname based on either a name or a list of words.

• 'Leetifying' Process. After selecting a name/word it will randomly apply any number of customizations to uniquefy the nickname.

• Word Lists Supported. Currently the following word lists are supported and a matching database is packed together with the library:

  • Adjectives
  • Animals
  • Japanese

Integration

nicknamegen.hpp is the single required file released here. You need to add

#include <dasmig/nicknamegen.hpp>

// For convenience.
using nng = dasmig::nng;

to the files you want to generate nicknames and set the necessary switches to enable C++17 (e.g., -std=c++17 for GCC and Clang).

Additionally you must supply the nickname generator with the resources folder also available in the release.

Usage

It's important to note that due to the necessity of supporting multiple cultures characters and the way std::string works on windows, this library uses std::wstring to return the generated nicknames.

When requesting a nickname for the first time the library will attempt to load the resource files containing each word list (the default path is ./resources). It's important to manually load the resources folder if it's present in a different location. The library will recursively iterate through all entries in the loading directory, so only a single call to the root folder containing the word lists is necessary.

#include <dasmig/nicknamegen.hpp>

// For convenience.
using nng = dasmig::nng;

// Manually load the resources folder if necessary.
nng::instance().load("path//containing//words");

std::wstring github_nickname = nng::instance().get_nickname(L"Kind Github User");

std::wstring random_nickname = nng::instance().get_nickname();

Disclaimer

This README was heavily inspired by 'nlhomann/json'.