NMockaroo is a little library that provides an easy way for you to generate mock data based on your C# objects using the Mockaroo API.
Suppose you have a Person object like this:
public class Person
{
public string FirstName {get;set;}
public string LastName {get;set;}
public string Email {get;set;}
public string Role {get;set;}
}
Use the library of attributes in NMockaroo to define your Person Schema in Mockaroo:
public class Person
{
[MockarooInfo(Name = "FirstName", Type = DataTypes.FirstName)]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[MockarooInfo(Name = "LastName", Type = DataTypes.LastName)]
public string LastName { get; set; }
[MockarooInfo(Name = "Email", Type = DataTypes.EmailAddress, PercentBlank = 40)]
public string Email { get; set; }
[MockarooCustomList(
Name = "Role",
PercentBlank = 0,
Type = DataTypes.CustomList,
Values = new[] { "Super User", "Administrator", "Manager", "Employee" },
SelectionStyle = "sequential")]
public string Role { get; set; }
}
Then use MockarooClient to generate your mock data:
...
var client = new MockarooClient(YOUR_API_KEY);
var people = client.GetData<Person>(10).ToArray();
...
Easy peasy.
NMockaroo is a single assembly designed to be easy to deploy anywhere. If you prefer to compile it yourself, you will need:
- Visual Studio 2013 (Community Edition will be fine)
- Windows 7 or newer
NMockaroo is hosted on GitHub. If you find a bug, please visit the issue tracker and report the issue.
Feel free to submit a pull request containing any improvemenets, bug fixes or new features.
P.S. A huge thanks to Mockaroo, without which this library would not exist.
Copyright © 2015 Andrew McCaughan
Distributed under the MIT License
