commit 55bad627c208c544780a6ecda6ebbdbf5d4ae4d9
Author: Joshua Herring <jwherrin@iu.edu>
Date:   Sun Apr 5 11:39:32 2026 -0400

    initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+config.json
+users.csv
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module maurer/user_data_generator
+
+go 1.26.1
+
+require github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.28.0 h1:Xib46XXuQfmlLS2EXRuJpqcw8St6qSZz75OUo0tgAW4=
+github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.28.0/go.mod h1:Xj58BMSnFqcn/fAQeSK+/PLtC5kSb7FJIq4JyGa8vEs=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6"
+)
+
+type User struct {
+	UID       string `json:"uid"`
+	FirstName string `json:"first_name"`
+	LastName  string `json:"last_name"`
+	Status    string `json:"status"`
+	ExamID    string `json:"exam_id"`
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	NumberOfUsers int            `json:"number_of_users"`
+	PercentStatus map[string]int `json:"percent_status"`
+}
+
+var statuses = []string{"JD", "LLM", "MCL", "PHD", "SJD", "MLS", "SPEC", "MNR", "CERT"}
+
+func main() {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile("config.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to read config.json: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var config Config
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to parse config.json: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	total := 0
+	for _, v := range config.PercentStatus {
+		total += v
+	}
+	if total != 100 {
+		log.Fatalf("percent_status values must total 100, got %d", total)
+	}
+
+	// Build a weighted list of statuses
+	weightedStatuses := make([]string, 0, 100)
+	for status, pct := range config.PercentStatus {
+		for i := 0; i < pct; i++ {
+			weightedStatuses = append(weightedStatuses, status)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Generate unique ExamIDs and UIDs
+	examIDs := uniqueNumericStrings(4, config.NumberOfUsers)
+	uids := uniqueNumericStrings(10, config.NumberOfUsers)
+
+	users := make([]User, config.NumberOfUsers)
+	for i := range users {
+		users[i] = User{
+			UID:       uids[i],
+			FirstName: gofakeit.FirstName(),
+			LastName:  gofakeit.LastName(),
+			Status:    weightedStatuses[rand.Intn(len(weightedStatuses))],
+			ExamID:    examIDs[i],
+		}
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create("users.csv")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to create users.csv: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	w := csv.NewWriter(f)
+	if err := w.Write([]string{"UID", "FirstName", "LastName", "Status", "ExamID"}); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to write csv header: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, u := range users {
+		if err := w.Write([]string{u.UID, u.FirstName, u.LastName, u.Status, u.ExamID}); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to write csv row: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	w.Flush()
+	if err := w.Error(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("csv flush error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Generated %d users to users.csv\n", config.NumberOfUsers)
+}
+
+// uniqueNumericStrings generates n unique zero-padded numeric strings of the given digit length.
+func uniqueNumericStrings(digits, n int) []string {
+	max := 1
+	for i := 0; i < digits; i++ {
+		max *= 10
+	}
+	if n > max {
+		log.Fatalf("cannot generate %d unique %d-digit strings (max %d)", n, digits, max)
+	}
+
+	seen := make(map[int]struct{}, n)
+	results := make([]string, 0, n)
+	format := fmt.Sprintf("%%0%dd", digits)
+	for len(results) < n {
+		v := rand.Intn(max)
+		if _, exists := seen[v]; !exists {
+			seen[v] = struct{}{}
+			results = append(results, fmt.Sprintf(format, v))
+		}
+	}
+	return results
+}