Data Generator

Generate realistic test data including users, products, orders, and custom schemas for comprehensive testing.

Data Types

User Data

• Names (realistic, locale-aware)
• Email addresses
• Passwords (hashed if needed)
• Addresses
• Phone numbers
• Avatars
• Birth dates
• Profile info

Business Data

• Products (name, description, price, SKU)
• Orders (items, totals, status)
• Invoices
• Transactions
• Companies
• Categories

Technical Data

• UUIDs
• Timestamps
• IP addresses
• URLs
• User agents
• API keys
• Tokens

Custom Schemas

• JSON Schema support
• Database schema import
• TypeScript types
• GraphQL schemas

Libraries Used

• Faker.js / @faker-js/faker - Comprehensive fake data
• Chance.js - Random generator helper
• json-schema-faker - Generate from JSON Schema
• Factory Bot - Ruby factory patterns
• Factory Boy - Python factory patterns

Example: User Factory

import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';

function createUser(overrides = {}) {
  return {
    id: faker.string.uuid(),
    email: faker.internet.email(),
    name: faker.person.fullName(),
    age: faker.number.int({ min: 18, max: 80 }),
    address: {
      street: faker.location.streetAddress(),
      city: faker.location.city(),
      country: faker.location.country(),
      zipCode: faker.location.zipCode()
    },
    createdAt: faker.date.past(),
    ...overrides
  };
}
…

Example: E-commerce Data

function createProduct() {
  return {
    id: faker.string.uuid(),
    name: faker.commerce.productName(),
    description: faker.commerce.productDescription(),
    price: parseFloat(faker.commerce.price()),
    category: faker.commerce.department(),
    inStock: faker.datatype.boolean(),
    sku: faker.string.alphanumeric(8).toUpperCase(),
    images: Array.from({ length: 3 }, () => faker.image.url())
  };
}

function createOrder(userId) {
  const items = Array.from(
    { length: faker.number.int({ min: 1, max: 5 }) },
    () => ({
      productId: faker.string.uuid(),
…

Database Seeding

// Seed script
async function seedDatabase() {
  // Generate users
  const users = Array.from({ length: 100 }, () => createUser());
  await db.users.insertMany(users);

  // Generate products
  const products = Array.from({ length: 500 }, () => createProduct());
  await db.products.insertMany(products);

  // Generate orders (2-5 per user)
  const orders = users.flatMap(user =>
    Array.from(
      { length: faker.number.int({ min: 2, max: 5 }) },
      () => createOrder(user.id)
    )
  );
  await db.orders.insertMany(orders);
…

Best Practices

• Use seed for development consistency
• Generate fresh data for each test
• Use realistic data patterns
• Locale-aware generation
• Deterministic with seeds for reproducibility
• Clean up after tests