Words Zen

Words as a service written in Go.

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A simple API to generate unique randomized words & phrases.

Usage

Word Types

words-zen supports 8 word types that can be used to form a phrase:

• adjective
• adverb
• animal
• bodyPart
• gerund
• noun
• pluralNoun
• verb (imperative mood)

Additional Features

When placed at the beginning of a phrase, the word a will be transformed into an if the second word in the phrase begins with a vowel (i.e. a/an squid/octopus). You can also use any additional words to form a phrase like the, it, is, etc.

Forming a phrase

To form a phrase, connect the type(s) of words you want with a comma. For example, to form a phrase consisting of a verb, the, and a plural noun, you would use the following: the,pluralNoun,is,gerund for the slug API or the $pluralNoun is $gerund for the query API.

API

Slug API

Make a GET request to http://localhost:3000/api/PHRASE, where PHRASE is the type of phrase desired.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'http://localhost:3000/api/a $adjective $noun'

Query API

or, POST to http://localhost:3000/api with a query of the type of phrase desired.

curl --request POST \
    --url http://localhost:3000/api \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{
  	  "query": "the $pluralNoun is $gerund"
    }'

Installation

Clone it from GitHub,

git clone https://github.com/mrinjamul/words-zen.git

And Run by,

    cd words-zen
    go mod download
    go build
    ./words-zen

Technology Stack

Technologies used:

• Golang: Go
• Gin
• HTML,CSS and JavaScript

License

open-sourced under MIT license MIT