The meta-data behind the hpstr.me api.
The hipster generator works in two modes: bio's and postcards.
From bios.json and postcards.json we pull together the opening, body and closings to create our Hipster template. The values in dictionary.json and names.json are used to fill in the template with randomised values.
An example body in bios is:
"Was into {adjective} {thing} before it was cool."
If this body is chosen, the generator will then replace the {adjective} and {thing} tokens with respective random values from the dictionary.
We have come up with a very simple DSL to represent our data.
(Value one,Value two,Value) - The generator will randomly choose one of the comma delimited values and replace the entire bracket enclosed block with the chosen value.
{adjective} - Inserts a random adjective at the given location. The same is done for things, venues etc. (see bios.json or postcards.json for examples).
{adjective|article} - The pipe is followed by a command which is applied to the first piece of data. For example: the 'article' command will add 'a' or 'an' before the chosen value. So {adjective|article} might end up as "an inspired" or "a healing". Other commands include: plural and sentence which pluralise or sentence case the resulting word.
Please feel free to create a pull request to add new terms, phrases and names. If your pull request is accepted then your contributions will start appearing on the live site for everyone to enjoy...or not, because we don't want it getting popular otherwise it won't be cool anymore.