Add fakes CLI (cmd/fakes); document it README-first with an SQL template example

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # fakes
 
-A Go library for generating fake data, built for **internationalization**. It
+A Go library and CLI for generating fake data, built for
-exists because the existing Go fake libraries lacked the locale coverage and
+**internationalization**. It exists because the existing Go fake libraries
-format control we needed.
+lacked the locale coverage and format control we needed.
 
 - **Standards first** — formats, names and structures follow international and
   local standards first and foremost.
@@ -17,15 +17,62 @@ format control we needed.
 - **Reproducible** — seed a faker and it emits the same sequence every time.
 - **Zero dependencies** — standard library only.
 
-## Install
+## CLI
+
+Install the `fakes` command, then point it at a locale directory and a category
+path — it prints one value to stdout. The first path segment names a category (a
+JSON file); deeper dotted segments descend into it.
 
 ```sh
-go get github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes
+go install github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes/cmd/fakes@latest
+
+fakes ./locales/sv_SE person        # Sara Eriksson
+fakes ./locales/sv_SE person.last   # Eriksson  (dotted path into a category)
+fakes -seed 42 ./locales/sv_SE address
 ```
 
-Requires Go 1.22+ (for `math/rand/v2`).
+Without installing, run it from a checkout with `go run ./cmd/fakes …`. Exit
+codes: `0` success, `1` runtime error (bad locale, unknown path), `2` misuse.
 
-## Usage
+### Generating a file from a custom template
+
+A category is just a JSON file in the locale directory, so you can drop in your
+own and render it — no code change. Save this as `locales/sv_SE/sql.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "format": "INSERT INTO users V#ALUES({sql-username});",
+  "sql-username": {
+    "format": "'{username}'",
+    "repeat": 3,
+    "separator": "),(",
+    "username": ["pixelfox", "snork", "turbohund", "blip", "zoom", "wahoo"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`sql-username` renders `'{username}'` `repeat` times and joins the results with
+the `),(` separator; the outer `V#ALUES(…)` wraps that into one valid row list.
+(`#A` escapes the literal `A`, which a format string would otherwise read as a
+letter token — see [Locale data format](#locale-data-format).)
+
+```sh
+fakes -seed 1 ./locales/sv_SE sql
+# INSERT INTO users VALUES('zoom'),('wahoo'),('blip');
+```
+
+Raise `repeat` for more rows per statement, or loop in the shell to build a
+whole seed file:
+
+```sh
+for _ in $(seq 100); do fakes ./locales/sv_SE sql; done > seed.sql
+```
+
+## Library
+
+```sh
+go get github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes   # requires Go 1.22+ (for math/rand/v2)
+```
 
 Point `New` at a locale directory, then generate values by category path with
 `Fake`. The first path segment names a category (a JSON file); deeper dotted
@@ -78,10 +125,10 @@ av == bv // true
 
 A `*Fakes` is **not** safe for concurrent use — create one per goroutine.
 
-### Locales
+## Locales
 
 The library ships a ready-to-use set under [`locales/`](locales) (`en_US`,
-`sv_SE`). Pass `New` the path to one of them, a copy, or your own directory —
+`sv_SE`). Point either tool at one of them, a copy, or your own directory —
 anywhere on disk.
 
 Each ships these categories, formatted per locale (e.g. `date` is `MM/DD/YYYY`
@@ -223,6 +270,7 @@ docker compose run --rm test                   # latest
 fakes.go        Fakes, New, options, seeding
 template.go     Fake, the recursive renderer (choices, format strings, paths)
 locale.go       locale loading + tag parsing
+cmd/fakes/      the `fakes` CLI (New + Fake over stdout)
 locales/        shipped locale data (JSON)
 ```
 

cmd/fakes/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Command fakes prints one fake value from a locale directory.
+//
+//	fakes ./locales/sv_SE person        # a full person
+//	fakes ./locales/sv_SE person.last   # just the surname (dotted path)
+//	fakes -seed 42 ./locales/sv_SE address
+//
+// It is a thin CLI over the fakes library: New(dir) then Fake(path).
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes"
+)
+
+const usage = `Usage: fakes [-seed N] <locale-dir> <path>
+
+  <locale-dir>  a locale directory, e.g. ./locales/sv_SE
+  <path>        a category, or a dotted path into one (person, person.last)
+  -seed N       seed for reproducible output`
+
+func main() { os.Exit(run(os.Args[1:], os.Stdout, os.Stderr)) }
+
+// run is main's testable core: it returns the process exit code (0 ok, 1
+// runtime error, 2 misuse) and writes only to the given streams.
+func run(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("fakes", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	fs.SetOutput(stderr)
+	fs.Usage = func() { fmt.Fprintln(stderr, usage) }
+	seed := fs.Uint64("seed", 0, "seed for reproducible output")
+	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return 2
+	}
+	if fs.NArg() != 2 {
+		fs.Usage()
+		return 2
+	}
+
+	var opts []fakes.Option
+	fs.Visit(func(fl *flag.Flag) {
+		if fl.Name == "seed" {
+			opts = append(opts, fakes.WithSeed(*seed))
+		}
+	})
+
+	f, err := fakes.New(fs.Arg(0), opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	v, err := f.Fake(fs.Arg(1))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(stdout, v)
+	return 0
+}

cmd/fakes/main_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const svSE = "../../locales/sv_SE"
+
+// runOut runs the CLI and returns exit code, stdout, stderr.
+func runOut(args ...string) (int, string, string) {
+	var out, errb bytes.Buffer
+	code := run(args, &out, &errb)
+	return code, out.String(), errb.String()
+}
+
+func TestRunOutputsValue(t *testing.T) {
+	code, out, errb := runOut(svSE, "person")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("run = %d, stderr=%q", code, errb)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(out) == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("empty output, stderr=%q", errb)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(out, "\n") {
+		t.Errorf("output should end with newline, got %q", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunDotPath(t *testing.T) {
+	// person.last descends to just a surname — never the full "First Last".
+	code, full, _ := runOut("-seed", "7", svSE, "person")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("person run = %d", code)
+	}
+	code, last, errb := runOut("-seed", "7", svSE, "person.last")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("person.last run = %d, stderr=%q", code, errb)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(last) == "" {
+		t.Fatal("empty person.last output")
+	}
+	if last == full {
+		t.Errorf("person.last %q should differ from person %q", last, full)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunSeedDeterministic(t *testing.T) {
+	_, a, _ := runOut("-seed", "42", svSE, "address")
+	_, b, _ := runOut("-seed", "42", svSE, "address")
+	if a != b {
+		t.Errorf("same seed diverged: %q != %q", a, b)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunUsageOnWrongArgCount(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, args := range [][]string{{}, {svSE}, {svSE, "person", "extra"}} {
+		code, _, errb := runOut(args...)
+		if code != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("run(%v) = %d, want 2", args, code)
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(errb, "Usage") {
+			t.Errorf("run(%v) stderr = %q, want usage", args, errb)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunUnknownCategoryFails(t *testing.T) {
+	code, _, errb := runOut(svSE, "nope")
+	if code != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("run = %d, want 1", code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(errb, "nope") {
+		t.Errorf("stderr %q should name the unknown category", errb)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunBadLocaleFails(t *testing.T) {
+	code, _, errb := runOut("../../locales/sv", "person")
+	if code != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("run = %d, want 1", code)
+	}
+	if errb == "" {
+		t.Error("want an error message on stderr")
+	}
+}