New-FakeUserDetails.ps1


Description

Purpose

Function to generate fake user details.

Detailed Description

This function generates fake user details using the randomuser.me API. It retrieves user information such as name, address, email, phone number, etc. The generated details can be used for testing or demonstration purposes.

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Usage

Example 1

New-FakeUserDetails

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Notes

Author: Luke Leigh Website: https://blog.lukeleigh.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeleigh/ GitHub: https://github.com/BanterBoy/ GitHubGist: https://gist.github.com/BanterBoy

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Script

function New-FakeUserDetails {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
        Function to generate fake user details.

        .DESCRIPTION
        This function generates fake user details using the randomuser.me API. It retrieves user information such as name, address, email, phone number, etc. The generated details can be used for testing or demonstration purposes.

        .EXAMPLE
        New-FakeUserDetails

        .INPUTS
        None

        .OUTPUTS
        System.Management.Automation.PSObject

        .NOTES
        Author:     Luke Leigh
        Website:    https://blog.lukeleigh.com/
        LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeleigh/
        GitHub:     https://github.com/BanterBoy/
        GitHubGist: https://gist.github.com/BanterBoy

        .LINK
        https://github.com/BanterBoy
    #>

    [CmdletBinding(
        DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
            ParameterSetName = "Default",
            ValueFromPipeline = $True,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True,
            HelpMessage = "Please select the user nationality. The default setting is Random.")]
        [ValidateSet('AU', 'BR', 'CA', 'CH', 'DE', 'DK', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'IE', 'IR', 'NO', 'NL', 'NZ', 'TR', 'US', 'Random') ]
        [string]$Nationality = "Random",

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
            ParameterSetName = "Default",
            ValueFromPipeline = $True,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True,
            HelpMessage = "Please enter or select the password length. The default length is 10 characters.")]
        [ValidateSet('8', '10', '12', '14', '16', '18', '20') ]
        [int]$PassLength = "10",

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
            ParameterSetName = "Default",
            ValueFromPipeline = $True,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True,
            HelpMessage = "Please select the number of results. The default is 1. Min-Max = 1-5000")]
        [ValidateRange(1, 5000)]
        [int]$Quantity = "1",

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
            ParameterSetName = "Default",
            ValueFromPipeline = $True,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True,
            HelpMessage = "Please enter the domain name for your email address.")]
        [string]$Email = "$env:USERDNSDOMAIN"
    )

    BEGIN {
        [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
    }

    PROCESS {

        $Uri = "https://randomuser.me/api/?nat=$Nationality&password=upper,lower,special,number,$PassLength&format=json&results=$Quantity"
        $Results = Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $Uri -UseBasicParsing
        $mail = ($Email).ToLower()
        
        try {
            foreach ( $item in $Results.results ) {
                $NewFakeUser = [ordered]@{
                    "Name"              = $item.name.first + " " + $item.name.last
                    "Title"             = $item.name.title
                    "GivenName"         = $item.name.first
                    "Surname"           = $item.name.last
                    "DisplayName"       = $item.name.title + " " + $item.name.first + " " + $item.name.last
                    "HouseNumber"       = $item.location.street.number
                    "StreetAddress"     = $item.location.street.name
                    "City"              = $item.location.city
                    "State"             = $item.location.state
                    "Country"           = $item.location.country
                    "PostalCode"        = $item.location.postcode
                    "UserPrincipalName" = $item.name.first + "." + $item.name.last + "@" + $mail
                    "PersonalEmail"     = $item.email
                    "SamAccountName"    = $item.name.first + $item.name.last
                    "HomePhone"         = $item.phone
                    "MobilePhone"       = $item.cell
                    "Gender"            = $item.gender
                    "Nationality"       = $item.nat
                    "Age"               = $item.dob.age
                    "DateOfBirth"       = $item.dob.date
                    "NINumber"          = $item.id.value
                    "TimeZone"          = $item.location.timezone.description
                    "TimeOffset"        = $item.location.timezone.offset
                    "Latitude"          = $item.location.coordinates.latitude
                    "Longitude"         = $item.location.coordinates.longitude
                    "Username"          = $item.login.username
                    "UUID"              = $item.login.uuid
                    "AccountPassword"   = $item.login.password
                    "Salt"              = $item.login.salt
                    "MD5"               = $item.login.md5
                    "Sha1"              = $item.login.sha1
                    "Sha256"            = $item.login.sha256
                    "LargePicture"      = $item.picture.large
                    "MediumPicture"     = $item.picture.medium
                    "ThumbnailPicture"  = $item.picture.thumbnail
                }
                $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $NewFakeUser
                Write-Output $obj
            }
        }
        catch {
            Write-Verbose -Message "$_"
        }

    }

    END {

    }

}

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