The package provides a programmatic interface to the Random Names API and returns 'sample' user data including fake first/last names, emails, SSNs, addresses, avatars and more. Search queries can be further filtered by gender and nationality.
Installation
install.packages("randNames")or for the development version
devtools::install_github("karthik/randNames")It queries a random name API and returns a whole bunch of useful fields.
library(dplyr)
library(randNames)
20 %>%
rand_names %>%
select(first = name.first, last = name.last)#> Source: local data frame [20 x 2]
#>
#> first last
#> (chr) (chr)
#> 1 nalan demirbaş
#> 2 danielle lord
#> 3 nurdan sepetçi
#> 4 julie miles
#> 5 vedat akyürek
#> 6 doris jimenez
#> 7 cícero pinto
#> 8 salvador brooks
#> 9 florian leclercq
#> 10 wyatt harris
#> 11 caroline christensen
#> 12 علی رضا نكو نظر
#> 13 megan mitchell
#> 14 anthony ennis
#> 15 bryan cook
#> 16 jessie tucker
#> 17 mia ryan
#> 18 luis legrand
#> 19 iolene barbosa
#> 20 line david
Filter by nationality
15 %>%
# Available nationalities: AU, BR, CA, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IR, NL, NZ, TR, US
# You can specify multiple nationalities. e.g. "gb,us"
rand_names(nationality = "GB") %>%
select(name.first, name.last)#> Source: local data frame [15 x 2]
#>
#> name.first name.last
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 emily brooks
#> 2 lillian stanley
#> 3 gerald henderson
#> 4 alison gilbert
#> 5 henry simpson
#> 6 albert robertson
#> 7 nolan reynolds
#> 8 sarah palmer
#> 9 molly rodriquez
#> 10 peter walters
#> 11 benjamin larson
#> 12 sheryl payne
#> 13 eliza kim
#> 14 kent mitchelle
#> 15 tyrone holmes
Filter by gender
library(randNames)
15 %>%
rand_names(gender = "female") %>%
select(name.first, name.last)#> Source: local data frame [15 x 2]
#>
#> name.first name.last
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 abigail price
#> 2 sofia ylitalo
#> 3 marika dobbe
#> 4 ella andersen
#> 5 fransien van plateringen
#> 6 séléna dubois
#> 7 tansu potman
#> 8 megan bouchard
#> 9 lotta kallio
#> 10 lily williams
#> 11 anaïs leclerc
#> 12 iida kokko
#> 13 laura rodriguez
#> 14 غزل پارسا
#> 15 emma douglas
Set seed
15 %>%
rand_names(seed = 'foobar') %>%
select(name.first, name.last)#> Source: local data frame [15 x 2]
#>
#> name.first name.last
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 becky sims
#> 2 amelia anderson
#> 3 vilho lampinen
#> 4 maëlle robert
#> 5 kasper palo
#> 6 macit kılıççı
#> 7 alexis walker
#> 8 cléa rousseau
#> 9 allert thielen
#> 10 jasper li
#> 11 çetin adan
#> 12 ray cunningham
#> 13 lewis morris
#> 14 yann roche
#> 15 elli niskanen
Additional fields beyond first and last name
gender
email
registered"
dob
phone
cell
nat
name.title
name.first
name.last
location.street
location.city
location.state
location.postcode
login.username"
login.password
login.salt
login.md5
login.sha1
login.sha256
id.name
id.value
picture.large
picture.medium
picture.thumbnail