README.md

Random Unicode Text Generator 🚀🈸✨💜

A GitHub Action for creating random unicode text from an input range 🈯️

About 📰

A random unicode text generator GitHub action. Creates a unicode string based on an input range and length.

Usage ⌨️

In your workflow, to use this github action add a step like this to your workflow:

- name: Run Unicode Generator
  uses: konjoinfinity/[email protected]
  id: generate-unicode
  with:
   numOfChars: "50" # Optional - Number of unicode characters to output - Default = "100"
   startRange: "0x1F300" # Optional - Unicode character start range - Default = "0"
   endRange: "0x1F4FF" # Optional - Unicode character end range - Default = "50000"        

Example Output ▶️

👒🍎🍇👿🏜💴🏝📸🌤🎛💌📅🐙🌬🏿🏾🏴🎵🍡💩👗🍘🍩🐎🐀🏢🐿💧💧💴🏭🌘📌🏞🎡🎴👑💵🐉🎱🌄👦🌉👼🏚🍴📺🐁🐒🍛

Requirements 🔧

No extra configuration required to run this GitHub Action.

Inputs ⬅️

Name	Type	Description	Requried?	Default
numOfChars	String	Number of unicode characters to output.	No	"100"
startRange	String	Unicode character start range. Can be an hexadecimal or number (Ex. "2345", "0x1F300")	No	"0"
endRange	String	Unicode character end range. Can be an hexadecimal or number (Ex. "25000", "0x1F4FF")	No	"50000"

Outputs ➡️

Name	Description	How To Access
output	Unicode text ouput generated by the action.	${{ steps.<your-step>.outputs.output}}

Accessing Outputs 👈🏻

- name: Show Output
  run: |
    echo ${{ steps.<your-step>.outputs.output }}

Example 📘

Link to workflow

name: Create Random Chinese From Unicode

on: push

jobs:
  generate-unicode:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      - name: Create Random Chinese
        id: createchinese
        uses: konjoinfinity/[email protected]
        with:
          numOfChars: "50"
          startRange: "0x4e00"
          endRange: "0x9fff"

      - name: Show Output
        run: |
          echo ${{ steps.createchinese.outputs.output }}

Example Output ✅

偼岪訸铪贠傩攚李抉表樸鎅勝傒谦櫥擝傝廞榻菸慺鯁鲺屗穀飾鈾楟惒娛宖噲淤瘁伹昇鼋弛螟停先铊奇綑嚠涫噝怲巳

Credits 🏅

• List of Unicode Characters
• Coverage Badge with GitHub Actions - FINALLY!

Inspired By ⭐️

• Create and Publish a GitHub Action in Typescript - Leonardo Montini
• Random Unicode