Random Chinese names and Lorem ipsum.

chinese_random_names.sh

#!/bin/sh
# simple script to generate random chines names from richyli's website.
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
  COUNT=3
else
  COUNT=$1
fi

curl -s -d name_count=$COUNT\&break=2 http://www.richyli.com/name/index.asp | piconv -f big5 -t utf8 | sed -n 88p | awk -F', ＃' '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/ //g'

chinese_random_text.sh

#!/bin/sh
# simple script to generate random chines fake articles from richyli's website.
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
  COUNT=100
else
  COUNT=$1
fi

curl -s -d words=$COUNT http://www.richyli.com/tool/loremipsum/ | piconv -f big5 -t utf8 | sed -n 36p

in_sinatra.rb

# generate chines random names, text.
# use 'random_text' gem to generate Lorem ipsum text

get '/names' do
  `/usr/local/bin/chinese_random_names.sh`
end

get '/names/:id' do
  `/usr/local/bin/chinese_random_names.sh #{params[:id]}`
end

get '/zhtxt' do
  `/usr/local/bin/chinese_random_text.sh`
end

get '/zhtxt/:id' do
  num = params[:id]
  words = case num.length
    when 1 then "#{num}00"
    when 2 then "#{num}0"
    when 3 then "#{num}"
    else                  "500"
  end
  `/usr/local/bin/chinese_random_text.sh #{words}`
end

get '/random' do
  require 'random_text'
  text = (RandomText::Lorem.paragraphs 5).join('<p />')
  "#{text}"
end