[EPIC] Data Simulation

[DMalone87]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In order to propel the project forward, we need to be able to demonstrate the full functionality of the application once we have reached our finished state. To help us do this, we should create a function that will simulate data being entered into the index from a variety of sources.

Describe the solution you'd like
Create a function that simulates a large set of data being entered into the index. When run, the function should create a set of entries to the database as though they were uploaded via an API push. Each dataset should include a simulated source and at least 1000 separate incidents.

Requirements:

• The function should allow the caller to choose which zip code the incidents occurred in
• The function should be able to spread the events across a selected time range
• The function should generate an address for each entry that will properly be displayed on the map
• The generated entries should come with random protected record attachments.

Describe alternatives you've considered
This feature is meant to help us demonstrate the functionality of the app and test advanced features until we have live data imports from partners.

Additional context
The records from Citizens Police Data Project can serve as a model for the simulated entries.

[DMalone87]

@ren0nie0, want to give it a shot?

[ren0nie0]

I can't fully commit to it right now... but I'll try to work on it little by little... I'm not sure how to generate 1000+ addresses though... I am also not sure about the random protected record attachments... I might need more info/direction on those...

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[ren0nie0]

I found this library to generate random addresses: random-address 1.1.1

[DMalone87]

This the one? https://pypi.org/project/random-address/

Definitely looks like it'll serve well here.

To your other question, I was referring to these icons:

You can see them on the lower right side. Those are meant to represent an incident record that has some additional data attached, as referenced in the Incident Model.

[DMalone87]

So, I did a little digging. At the moment, we've got three major things that need to be completed before we can do this properly.

1. Currently there's an API call that will let you enter a single incident record, but not a set. We'll need to add a batch entry API call.
2. There are some major issues with the current incident model that's being used in the software. Key things are missing from the Incident Model we defined at the beginning of the process that we should include. There are also a few misspellings I noticed.
3. Obviously, we'll need to create the randomizer function. I think it makes sense to include this as an option for the batch entry API command.

I'll make separate issues for each of these and we con consider this issue completed when those three components are completed.