RIG Random Identity Generator ported to Python
Michael McMahon
Rig.py can be used to fill development databases with dummy data, build characters for a story, or convincingly fool telemarketers with misinformation.
The data has been heavily expanded and updated since the original release.
See also Random Technology Organization Generator (RTOG) branch.
If you are looking for something a bit more specialized than rig.py, look into Faker or Ruby Faker which are actively developed as of the last time I checked and integrate with databases.
Run the program will all defaults similar to rig.
python3 rig.py
List all switches.
$ python3 rig.py -h
usage: rig.py [-h] [-f] [-m] [-F] [-c COUNT] [-d DDIR]
rig.py is a Random Identity Generator ported from rig.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f, --female Choose only female names.
-m, --male Choose only male names.
-F, --fake Choose only fake phone numbers 555-0100 - 555-0199.
-c COUNT, --count COUNT
Generate N number of identities.
Generate a female identity.
python3 rig.py -f
Generate a male identity.
python3 rig.py -m
Generate identity with fictional phone number.
python3 rig.py -F
Generate 10 identities.
python3 rig.py -c 10
Use a different folder data folder. Note: This does require the last forward slash (/) to work.
python3 rig.py -d /usr/local/share/rig/
Any number of switches can be combined except for -h. If -m and
-f are combined, the default random gender will be used.
EinBaum: The original RIG program was downloaded here:
This is RIG, a program that generates fake identities. Install should be fairly straightforward, just type "make install". If your system dosen't have /dev/urandom and you'd like to use /dev/random instead, do $ make install CFLAGS=-DDEVRANDOM
RIG comes with the top 1000 names from the US census at http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/, but Trent Stanley maintains a more extensive list at http://members.cox.net/gps/rignames_all.zip
If you have any patches, fixes, etc., just send 'em on over to REDACTED.