FakeData

Fake data generator for simple and complex structures or objects. For data generation it uses Faker gem

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fake_data'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install fake_data

Usage

With simple schema generates fake data. Supports structure controling like how many items array should have or value presence based on probability. For random data is used (Faker gem)[https://github.com/stympy/faker].

String

All following rows are equivalent.

FakeData.once("Hello, my name is %{Faker::Name.name}")
=> "Hello, my name is Miss Darius Stokes"
FakeData.once("Hello, my name is %{Name.name}")
=> "Hello, my name is Ms. Santino Gutmann"
FakeData.once("Hello, my name is %{name.name}")
=> "Hello, my name is Miss Edward Kunde"

Array

Simple array with content

FakeData.once(
  [
    "I live in %{address.city}",
    "My family came from %{address.country}"
  ]
)
=> ["I live in Winnifredshire", "And my family came from Hungary"]

Hash

FakeData.once(
  {
    id: "%{number.number(5)}",
    name: "%{name.name}",
    email: "%{internet.email}"
  }
)

=> {"id"=>"70095", "name"=>"Mr. Alverta Gibson", "email"=>"[email protected]"}

Repeating

Generated Array with given number of items

Use hash with only one special control key "%{repeat(n)}"

FakeData.once(
  {"%{repeat(2)}" => "I have email %{internet.email}"}
)
=> ["I have email [email protected]", "I have email [email protected]"]

Generated Array with random number of items

From empty Array to Array with N items with repeat(0..n)

3.times do
  p FakeData.once({"%{repeat(0..2)}" => "My favorite beer is: %{beer.name}"})
end

=> ["My favorite beer is Pliny The Elder", "My favorite beer is: Brooklyn Black"]
=> ["My favorite beer is: Ten FIDY"]
=> []

Generated Array with random number of items and nothing for empty array

For empty Array returns nil with repeat(0..n, nil: true)

FakeData.once({"%{repeat(0..1, nil: true)}" => "My favorite beer is: %{beer.name}"})
=> nil

Value presence with probability

Use hash with only one special control key "%{maybe}" - change is 50%. maybe(20) - chance is 20%

2.times do
  FakeData.once({"%{maybe(20)}" => "I like to watch on movies with %{superhero.name}"})
end
=> "I like to watch on movies with Giant Thanos Thirteen"
=> nil

Complex example

FakeData.once(
  {
    id:       "%{number.number(5)}",
    name:     "%{name.name}",
    age:      20,
    facebook: "%{internet.url('facebook.com/profile')}",
    friends: {
      "%{maybe(75)}" => {
        "%{repeat(2..20)}" => {
          id:       "%{number.number(5)}",
          name:     "%{name.name}",
          facebook: "%{internet.url('facebook.com/profile')}",
        }
      }
    }
  }
)

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/rake test to run the tests, or guard to run . You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment. Run bundle exec fake_data to use the gem in this directory, ignoring other installed copies of this gem.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/schovi/fake_data. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.