Add a simple command to generate a bunch of random posts (bluesky-soc…

…ial#73)

* add a simple command to generate a bunch of random posts

* move spam command into its own subcommand grouping:

* learn how the typescript build system works

cli/src/commands/dev/spam.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import cmd from '../../lib/command.js'
+import { loadDelegate } from '../../lib/client.js'
+import { REPO_PATH } from '../../lib/env.js'
+import { TID } from '@bluesky/common'
+
+function makeRandText(l: number) {
+    var set = ' abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz  ';
+    var len = set.length;
+    var out = '';
+    for ( let i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
+      out += set.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * 
+ len));
+   }
+   return out;
+}
+
+export default cmd({
+  name: 'gen-random-posts',
+  category: 'dev',
+  help: 'Create a large number of random posts.',
+  args: [{ name: 'count' }],
+  async command(args) {
+    const count : number = +(args._[0])
+    const client = await loadDelegate(REPO_PATH)
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      await client.addPost(makeRandText(100))
+    }
+
+  },
+})

cli/src/commands/index.ts

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ import './social/list-followers.js'
 import './social/unfollow.js'
 import './social/whoami.js'
 import './social/whois.js'
+import './dev/spam.js'

cli/src/lib/command.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const CATEGORIES = {
   posts: 'Posts',
   interactions: 'Interactions',
   advanced: 'Advanced',
+  dev: 'Development',
 }
 
 export interface Cmd {

cli/src/lib/usage.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function usage(err: any) {
   addcat('posts')
   addcat('interactions')
   addcat('advanced')
+  addcat('dev')
   for (const cat of cats) {
     console.log(`\n${chalk.bold(cat.label)}:\n`)
     for (let i = 0; i < cat.lhs.length; i++) {