breve/src/Breve/Generator.hs

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{-|
This module implements the algorithm
by which a URL is converted into a word.
-}
module Breve.Generator
( Name
, Url
, nameHash
, intHash
) where
import Control.Monad.State
import System.Random
import Crypto.Hash.SHA256 (hash)
import Data.Binary (decode)
import Data.ByteString.Lazy (fromStrict)
import Data.Text (Text, pack)
import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
-- | A phonetic word associated to a URL
type Name = Text
-- | Any kind of URL
type Url = Text
-- | Takes a random element of a list
choice :: [a] -> State StdGen a
choice xs = (xs !!) <$> randomSt (0, length xs - 1)
where randomSt = state . randomR
-- | Generates a random phonetic string
word :: State StdGen Name
word = pack <$> replicateM 10 letter where
vowels = "aeiou"
consonants = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
letter = choice [vowels, consonants] >>= choice
-- | SHA256 hash to seed a generator
intHash :: Url -> Int
intHash = decode . fromStrict . hash . encodeUtf8
-- | Assigns a unique name to the given URL
--
-- The result is a computation based on a RNG
-- seeded by URL itself and is therefore
-- deterministic.
nameHash :: Url -> Name
nameHash = evalState word . mkStdGen . intHash