Faker

This gem is a port of Perl's Data::Faker library that generates fake data.

It comes in very handy for taking screenshots (taking screenshots for my project, Catch the Best was the original impetus for the creation of this gem), having real-looking test data, and having your database populated with more than one or two records while you're doing development.

Faker
- NOTE
- Installing
- Usage
- Generators
  - Default
  - Blockchain
  - Books
  - Creature
  - Games
  - Japanese Media
  - Movies
  - Music
  - Quotes
  - Sports
  - Tv Shows
- Customization
- Contributing
- Contact
- License

NOTE

While Faker generates data at random, returned values are not guaranteed to be unique by default. You must explicitly specify when you require unique values, see details. Values also can be deterministic if you use the deterministic feature, see details
This is the master branch of Faker and may contain changes that are not yet released. Please refer the README of your version for the available methods. List of all versions is available here.

Installing

gem install faker

Note: if you are getting a uninitialized constant Faker::[some_class] error, your version of the gem is behind the one documented here. To make sure that your gem is the one documented here, change the line in your Gemfile to:

gem 'faker', :git => 'https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker.git', :branch => 'master'

Usage

require 'faker'

Faker::Name.name      #=> "Christophe Bartell"

Faker::Internet.email #=> "kirsten.greenholt@corkeryfisher.info"

CLI

Instructions are available in the faker-bot README.

Ensuring unique values

Prefix your method call with unique. For example:

Faker::Name.unique.name # This will return a unique name every time it is called

If too many unique values are requested from a generator that has a limited number of potential values, a Faker::UniqueGenerator::RetryLimitExceeded exception may be raised. It is possible to clear the record of unique values that have been returned, for example between tests.

Faker::Name.unique.clear # Clears used values for Faker::Name
Faker::UniqueGenerator.clear # Clears used values for all generators

You also can give some already used values to the unique generator if you have collisions with the generated data (i.e: using FactoryBot with random and manually set values).

# Usage:
# Faker::<generator>.unique.exclude(method, arguments, list)

# Add 'azerty' and 'wxcvbn' to the string generator with 6 char length
Faker::Lorem.unique.exclude :string, [6], %w[azerty wxcvbn]

Deterministic Random

Faker supports seeding of its pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to provide deterministic output of repeated method calls.

Faker::Config.random = Random.new(42)
Faker::Company.bs #=> "seize collaborative mindshare"
Faker::Company.bs #=> "engage strategic platforms"
Faker::Config.random = Random.new(42)
Faker::Company.bs #=> "seize collaborative mindshare"
Faker::Company.bs #=> "engage strategic platforms"

Faker::Config.random = nil # seeds the PRNG using default entropy sources
Faker::Config.random.seed #=> 185180369676275068918401850258677722187
Faker::Company.bs #=> "cultivate viral synergies"

Generators

NOTE: Some of the generators below aren't released yet. If you want to use them, change the line in your gemfile to:

gem 'faker', :git => 'https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker.git', :branch => 'master'

Default

Blockchain

Books

Creature

Games

Japanese Media

Movies

Music

Quotes

Sports

Tv Shows

Customization

Since you may want to make addresses and other types of data look different depending on where in the world you are (US postal codes vs. UK postal codes, for example), Faker uses the I18n gem to store strings (like state names) and formats (US postal codes are NNNNN while UK postal codes are AAN NAA), allowing you to get different formats by switching locales. Just set Faker::Config.locale to the locale you want, and Faker will take care of the rest.

If your locale doesn't already exist, create it in the lib/locales directory and you can then override or add elements to suit your needs. See more about how to use locales here

en-au-ocker:
  faker:
    name:
      # Existing faker field, new data
      first_name:
        - Charlotte
        - Ava
        - Chloe
        - Emily

      # New faker fields
      ocker_first_name:
        - Bazza
        - Bluey
        - Davo
        - Johno
        - Shano
        - Shazza
      region:
        - South East Queensland
        - Wide Bay Burnett
        - Margaret River
        - Port Pirie
        - Gippsland
        - Elizabeth
        - Barossa

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Contact

Comments and feedback are welcome. Send an email to Benjamin Curtis via the google group.

You can also join our discord channel to discuss anything regarding improvements or feature requests.

License

This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.

jeremyhaile/faker