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Generates a random last name using Namey and Java
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import com.google.gson.Gson; | |
import com.google.gson.JsonArray; | |
import java.io.BufferedReader; | |
import java.io.InputStreamReader; | |
import java.net.HttpURLConnection; | |
import java.net.URL; | |
/** | |
* Project created by ExpDev | |
*/ | |
public class RandomNameExample { | |
private static final String USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0"; | |
/** | |
* Executed when program is ran | |
* | |
* @param args Additional arguments | |
* @throws Exception If name can't be retrieved | |
*/ | |
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { | |
// Initiate main class | |
RandomNameExample nameExample = new RandomNameExample(); | |
// My minecraft name | |
String mcName = "ExpDev"; | |
System.out.println("Hello there " + mcName + ". I will now try and get you a cool last name!"); | |
// Try and get a random last name for me | |
try { | |
// My random generated last name | |
String lastname = nameExample.getRandomLastname(Frequency.ALL); | |
System.out.println("Woop woop, the US Census Bureau database has decided that " + lastname + " would be a cool last name for you."); | |
System.out.println("Welcome to the server, " + mcName + " " + lastname + ". Hope you have fun!"); | |
} catch (Exception e) { | |
System.out.println("Could not fetch a random last name for you: " + e.getMessage() + "."); | |
} | |
} | |
/** | |
* Generates a random last name based on the US Census Bureau database for names | |
* | |
* @return A random last name | |
* @throws Exception If name can't be retrieved or connection to API fails | |
*/ | |
private String getRandomLastname(Frequency frequency) throws Exception { | |
String url = "http://namey.muffinlabs.com/name.json?count=1&type=surname&frequency=" + frequency.name(); | |
URL obj = new URL(url); | |
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection(); | |
// optional default is GET | |
con.setRequestMethod("GET"); | |
//add request header | |
con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT); | |
// Read stream | |
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( | |
new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())); | |
String inputLine; | |
StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder(); | |
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) { | |
response.append(inputLine); | |
} | |
in.close(); | |
// Parse the json array returned | |
JsonArray array = new Gson().fromJson(response.toString(), JsonArray.class); | |
// Return the last name | |
return array.get(0).getAsString(); | |
} | |
/** | |
* Frequency for a random name call | |
*/ | |
public enum Frequency { | |
ALL, | |
COMMON, | |
RARE | |
} | |
} |
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