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Stop searching for fake data while prototyping of testing
Back in the days, I remember copying and pasting any kind of text I could find in the web to mock data without smashing my keyboard. While it works, there is a much better way to have valid data without leaving your code. I'm talking about faker
. This npm
package allows you to focus specifically on the type of data. That could be a lorem, firstname, address,... or even a random hex color. There is massive data to fake so checkout the GitHub respository for the data you need.
Here a glimpse of what is possible:
import faker from "faker";
const fullname = faker.name.findName(); // John Doe
const color = faker.internet.color(); // indigo
const paragraphs = faker.lorem.paragraphs(5); // This won't be a Lorem ipsum but 5 real paragraphs...
Et voilà, whenever you need data, install faker and you are good to go.