import random import string """ Generates a large "random" collection of fields to populate mongo init script Run it with `python generate_large_collection.py >> mongo_init.js` to add it to the init script """ num_fields = 500 # first 200 fields have low probability fields = [(f"field_{i}", (10 if i < 200 else 99)) for i in range(0, 500)] letters = string.ascii_lowercase def generate_record(fields): record = {} for f_name, probability in fields: dice = random.randint(0, 100) if dice < probability: record[f_name] = "".join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(0, 10)) return record print("db.largeCollection.insertMany([") for x in range(0, 100): x = generate_record(fields) print(f"{x},") print("]);")