joke2k/faker
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Faker is a Python package that generates fake data for you.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2014-01-22 · latest 2022-01-02
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…with near-realistic inputs. To this end, packages like Faker[0] are worth their weight in gold. [0] https://github.com/joke2k/faker
comment by someotherperson · 2022-01-02 · in The argument against clearing the database between tests (2020) -
…fake data is useful in lower environments and for load testing. Outside of SQL I like faker: https://github.com/joke2k/faker
comment by psing · 2021-03-24 · in How to create a 1M record table with a single query -
…enjoy it, along with it's localization feature. It looks like 1.0 was just released as well :D [0] https://github.com/joke2k/faker/releases
comment by bluntfang · 2018-11-16 · in Big List of Naughty Strings -
…ranges. Fortunately, as of Python3.6, you can access it from random.choices [2] in the stdlib [1] https://github.com/joke2k/faker [2] https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.choices example:…
comment by Dowwie · 2018-01-09 · in Show HN: Plait.py – a fake data modeler -
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Faker: Python package that generates fake data for youstory by happy-go-lucky · 2017-02-24 · 0 comments
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Hi! Looks interesting. I usually use faker for this ( https://github.com/joke2k/faker ). How does fake2db compare to it?
comment by emillon · 2014-12-17 · in Fake2db – Generate fake but valid data-filled databases -
…The README on Github shows that method naming has been corrected, and CC numbers have been added: https://github.com/joke2k/faker
comment by akavlie · 2014-01-22 · in Faker is a Python package that generates fake data for you