StructuredNoise

This is a utility to generate Avro-schema-templated noise

Features:

README-driven development ;)

  • Reads an avro scheme indicated by --schema and writes noise to STDOUT
  • If given --base64 it converts the avro binary data to Basee64 before sending it to STDOUT
  • Respects a --messages-per-second command
  • Outputs data conforming to the Avro Single Object Message spec

TODO FEATURES:

  • --decode should decode avro coming in via STDIN, respecting --base64 flag, writing JSON hashes to STDOUT
  • --template filename should support a JSON-structure template for Avro messages, with 'fill in the blanks' as like.. * or something.
  • --malicious-compliance will toggle generating edge-case data compliant with given Avro types

Installation

This is a debug tool. You probably don't want to install it in an applicaton

Install it with:

$ gem install structured_noise

Usage

Run from your console:

structured_noise [OPTIONS]

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/joshsz/structured_noise. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.