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I’ve added support to the JSON API so you can generate one or more sentences of bacon ipsum rather than always generating paragraphs of text.   Just pass ‘sentences=x’ as a parameter.

For example: http://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler&sentences=1

The jQuery plugin has also been updated to support sentences.

All the source code goodness has also been posted to GitHub if you want to dig into it a little more.  Enjoy!

I whipped up a little Bacon Ipsum jQuery plugin that uses our API to generate some meaty goodness.  When you’re mocking up a design, now you can use this plugin in your HTML rather than static text.

You can reference the plugin from our server or download it and use it locally.
http://cdn.baconipsum.com/api/jquery-BaconIpsum.js

The easiest way to use it is just to call the method with no options.
$(‘#placeholder’).BaconIpsum();

You can also pass in options.
$(‘#placeholder).BaconIpsum({ type:’all-meat’, paras:5, start_with_lorem:false });
$(‘#placeholder).BaconIpsum({ type:’meat-and-filler’, sentences:1, start_with_lorem:true });

• type: either ‘all-meat’ or ‘meat-and-filler’
• paras: number of paragraphs
• sentences: number of sentences (this overrides paragraphs)
• start_with_lorem: true or false to start the text with ‘Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet’
• no_tags: true or false, pass true to not wrap the return value in <p> tags

There’s a sample page on GitHub with some example code.