Added command-line arguments, removed debugging output

lib/random.js

 // Module to generate a bunch of CATALOG.json files which 
 // have arbitrary but realistic data
+//
+// TODO: generate some random text files and add them 
+// as well
 
 const ORGANISATION = {
 	'id': 'https://examples.edu',
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const randdict = require('random-word');
 const path = require('path');
 const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');
-
+const ArgumentParser = require('argparse').ArgumentParser;
 
 function randrange(min, max) {
 	return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min;
@@ -76,7 +79,6 @@ function randsentence() {
 
 function randtext() {
 	const nsentences = randrange(PARA_MIN, PARA_MAX);
-	console.log(nsentences);
 	return randoms(nsentences, randsentence).join(' ') + '\n';
 }
 
@@ -117,14 +119,10 @@ async function makedatacrate(dest, datapub) {
 	});
 	const catfile = path.join(dest, id, 'CATALOG.json');
 	await fs.writeFile(catfile, JSON.stringify(catalog, null, 2));
-	console.log('Wrote ' + catfile);
-	const datapubfile = path.join(dest, id, 'datapub.json');
-	await fs.writeFile(datapubfile, JSON.stringify(datapub, null, 2));
-	console.log('Wrote ' + datapubfile);
 }
 
 
-async function makedatacrates(dest, n) {
+async function randomdatacrates(dest, n) {
 	const datapubs = randdatapubs(n);
 	Promise.all(
 		datapubs.map(async p => {
@@ -134,7 +132,37 @@ async function makedatacrates(dest, n) {
 	console.log("Done");
 }
 
-makedatacrates('./output/', 5)
+
+var parser = new ArgumentParser({
+	version: '1.0.0',
+	addHelp: true,
+	description: 'Generates a bunch of plausible random DataCrates'
+});
+
+
+parser.addArgument(
+	['-d', '--directory'],
+	{
+		help: "Directory in which to write DataCrates. Will be created if it doesn't exist",
+		defaultValue: './output/'
+	}
+);
+
+parser.addArgument(
+	['-n', '--number'],
+	{
+		help: 'Number of DataCrates to generate.',
+		type: 'int',
+		defaultValue: 10
+	}
+);
+
+
+var args = parser.parseArgs();
+
+console.log(`Generating ${args['number']} random DataCrates in ${args['directory']}`);
+randomdatacrates(args['directory'], args['number']);
+
 
 
 

package-lock.json

@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-7QMXwyIGT3lGbAKWa922Bas32Zg="
     },
+    "argparse": {
+      "version": "1.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "array-equal": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/array-equal/-/array-equal-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1403,6 +1411,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==",
       "optional": true
     },
+    "sprintf-js": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-BOaSb2YolTVPPdAVIDYzuFcpfiw="
+    },
     "ssf": {
       "version": "0.10.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssf/-/ssf-0.10.2.tgz",

package.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "repository": "https://code.research.uts.edu.au/eresearch/datacrate",
   "dependencies": {
+    "argparse": "^1.0.10",
     "calcyte": "^1.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
     "jsonld": "^1.1.0",