Generate Random Bucket Content for Sitecore with PowerShell Extensions and RandomText.me

GenerateProducts.ps1

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

Function Get-Lorem($Minimum, $Maximum) {
    # don't overrun randomtext.me
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 300
    $words = Get-Random -Minimum $Minimum -Maximum ($Maximum+1)
    return ([xml](ConvertFrom-Json (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing http://www.randomtext.me/api/lorem/h1/$words).Content).text_out).h1
}

Function Get-LoremUl($NumItems, $Minimum, $Maximum) {
    # don't overrun randomtext.me
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 300
    return (ConvertFrom-Json (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing http://www.randomtext.me/api/lorem/ul-$NumItems/$Minimum-$Maximum).Content).text_out
}

$num = 20
$productsRoot = Get-Item "master:\sitecore\content\Basic Company\Home\Products"
$templateId = "{FA3971F5-5A1B-4477-B64E-CA99949E8894}"

# Remove existing children (bucketed products only, not page components)
$productsRoot | Get-ChildItem | ? { $_.TemplateName -eq "Bucket" } | Remove-Item

# Generate IDs ahead of time so we can randomize related products too
$ids = 1..$num | % { (New-Guid).ToString("B").ToUpper() }
1..$num | % {
    $id = $ids[$_-1]
    $path = "/sitecore/content/Basic Company/Home/Products/$name"
    $name = Get-Lorem -Minimum 2 -Maximum 4
    $description = Get-Lorem -Minimum 5 -Maximum 8
    # if we wanted to randomize the image, perhaps use unsplash source -- https://source.unsplash.com/
    $image = "<image mediaid=""{D8B7E336-3EF6-4938-9E1A-8FE8BFEDB0FB}"" />"
    $price = (Get-Random -Minimum 10 -Maximum 20) + 0.99
    # get a random selection of a random number of generated id's, which aren't this product
    $related = $ids | ? { $_ -ne $id } | Get-Random -Count (Get-Random -Minimum 4 -Maximum 9)
    $features = Get-LoremUl -NumItems 3 -Minimum 2 -Maximum 4
    
    $item = New-Item -ForceId $id -Path $path -ItemType $templateId
    $item.Editing.BeginEdit()
    $item["Short Description"] = $description
    $item["Image"] = $image
    $item["Features"] = $features
    $item["Price"] = $price
    $item["Related Products"] = $related -join "|"
    $item.Editing.EndEdit() | out-null
}