lipsum for Python is a simple Lorem Ipsum generator library which can be used in your Python applications. Note that this library only generates randomised Lorem Ipsum strings (words, sentences and paragraphs). By default, it takes its source text from Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum, but you can specify your own source text if you want (which must be greater than 100kB in size).

You can install the package from PyPI:

> pip install lipsum

Some simple usage examples:

import lipsum

# randomly grab 100 words
lipsum.generate_words(100)

# randomly grab 3 sentences
lipsum.generate_sentences(3)

# randomly grab 2 paragraphs
lipsum.generate_paragraphs(2)

# use your own source text to generate 3 paragraphs
lipsum.generate_paragraphs(2, filename="/path/to/my/source.txt")

# specify the encoding of the source text file
lipsum.generate_paragraphs(2, filename="/path/to/my/source.txt", encoding="utf-8")

To see what the output looks like, the following is the result of randomly generating 2 paragraphs:

Heri, inquam, ludis commissis ex urbe profectus veni ad vesperum.
causa autem fuit huc veniendi ut quosdam hinc libros promerem. et
quidem, Cato, hanc totam copiam iam Lucullo nostro notam esse oportebit;
nam his libris eum malo quam reliquo ornatu villae delectari. est enim
mihi magnae curae - quamquam hoc quidem proprium tuum munus est - ut ita
erudiatur, ut et patri et Caepioni nostro et tibi tam propinquo
respondeat. laboro autem non sine causa; nam et avi eius memoria moveor
- nec enim ignoras, quanti fecerim Caepionem, qui, ut opinio mea fert,
in principibus iam esset, si viveret - et Lucullus mihi versatur ante
oculos, vir cum virtutibus omnibus excellens, tum mecum et amicitia et
omni voluntate sententiaque coniunctus.

Praeclare, inquit, facis, cum et eorum memoriam tenes, quorum uterque
tibi testamento liberos suos commendavit, et puerum diligis. quod autem
meum munus dicis non equidem recuso, sed te adiungo socium. addo etiam
illud, multa iam mihi dare signa puerum et pudoris et ingenii, sed
aetatem vides.

When generating content, lipsum will automatically attempt to append punctuation to the end of your sentences and capitalise the first letter of new sentences.

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Copyright (c) 2017 Thane Thomson

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