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Heavily inspired by RESTful-lenny, golenny aims to deliver similar Lenny functionality in a module form, with the end goal being improved performance and less reliance on external systems by installing this module directly into your project dependencies.

Install

In a terminal:

$ cd <project path>
$ go get github.com/demarsdouglas/golenny

Example use

In your project somewhere:

func main() {
    l := lenny.LoadDefault()
    fmt.Println(l.Render())
}

Outputs:

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LoadDefault() will load the old-fashioned lenny face struct into the var, and calling .Render() from that type it will render the face into a string format.

It is of note that sometimes a Lenny will not look as good in monospaced fonts as he does in other spaces (emails, messages, forum posts, documents, etc).

You may also want to generate a randomized Lenny, and this can be done in the same way:

func main() {
    l := lenny.LoadRandom()
    fmt.Println(l.Render())
}

Outputs:

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These Lennys will be entirely randomized off a few preset lists of possible eyes, mouths, and ends. Some of them are fantastic, like the one above. Some of them are absolute abominations. They do not come with a Mood or name attribute in their struct, but you're more than able to assign those values if needed.

We have three other functions you can call as well; LoadPredefinedByName(name string), LoadRandomPredefined(), and LoadRandomPredefinedByMood(mood Mood). A list of named Lennys is coming soon if you don't want to peruse the source code. The Moods you're allowed to pass into the latter are Happy, Sad, Strange, Angry, and Surprised.

func main() {
    l1 := lenny.LoadPredefinedByName("Lenny")
    l2 := lenny.LoadRandomPredefinedByMood(lenny.Strange)
    l3 := lenny.LoadRandomPredefined()
    
    fmt.Println(l1.Render())
    fmt.Println(l2.Render())
    fmt.Println(l3.Render())
}

Outputs:

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TO-DOs:

This project is far from complete!

• I need a larger list of predefined Lennys
• "Getting started" and related documentation