Text categories

A text field produces the value named by its category. Without one it produces lorem-ipsum words.

people.yaml

version: "1"
output: { language: deu, format: csv, quantity: 3 }
fields:
  - { name: vorname, type: text, category: firstName }
  - { name: stadt, type: text, category: city }
  - { name: firma, type: text, category: company }

Localized categories are drawn from the vocabulary of output.language, with native spelling and the language's own name order: German names come out as Müller. With ascii: true they switch to their romanized form (Mueller). email, username, slug and domain names are always built from romanized names.

The sentence-like categories write random words in the alphabet of the output language. They look like text, not like prose.

Random text

Category	Localized	Produces
`words`	—	Lorem-ipsum words; with `minLength`/`maxLength`, a run of letters from the language's alphabet.
`lorem`	—	Lorem-ipsum words.
`phrase`	—	Lorem-ipsum words.
`sentence`	yes	Sentence of random words in the alphabet of `output.language`.
`question`	yes	Like `sentence`, ending in `?`.
`quote`	yes	Like `sentence`, in double quotes.
`paragraph`	yes	Several sentences; `maxWords / 10` of them.

People

Category	Localized	Produces
`firstName`	yes	Given name.
`middleName`	yes	Middle name.
`lastName`	yes	Family name.
`fullName`	yes	Full name, in the language's own name order.
`namePrefix`	yes	Title such as `Dr.` or `Ms.`.
`nameSuffix`	yes	Suffix such as `Jr.`.
`gender`	yes	Gender label.
`hobby`	yes	Hobby.

Places & business

Category	Localized	Produces
`company`	yes	Company name.
`street`	yes	Street name.
`city`	yes	City name.

Calendar

Category	Localized	Produces
`monthName`	yes	Month name.
`weekdayName`	yes	Weekday name.
`timezone`	—	IANA time zone such as `Europe/Paris`.
`timezoneAbbr`	—	Time zone abbreviation such as `IST`.
`timezoneFull`	yes	Full time zone name.
`timezoneRegion`	—	Time zone region such as `Europe`.

Technology

Category	Localized	Produces
`programmingLanguage`	—	Programming language name.
`domainSuffix`	—	Domain suffix such as `com` or `org`.