Guided structural fakes with VisiData

by ajkerrigan 4 years ago

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VisiData’s vfake plugin combines VisiData’s interactive exploration with Faker’s flexible fake data generation. For recurring types of fake data, we can extend vfake to detect and automatically fake columns that fit certain criteria.

References:

https://visidata.org https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/develop/plugins/vfake.py https://github.com/ajkerrigan/visidata-plugins#vfake_extensions-niche-addons-for-vfake

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You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

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Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 336470.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/336470.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 127, rows: 43 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/336470 demo.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg demo.cast demo.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.