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539 | <div align="center">
<img src="./docs/public/logo.svg" width="200"/>
<h1>Faker</h1>
<p>Generate massive amounts of fake (but realistic) data for testing and development.</p>
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## Installation
Please replace your `faker` dependency with `@faker-js/faker`. This is the official, stable fork of Faker.
```shell
npm install @faker-js/faker --save-dev
```
or yarn
```shell
yarn add @faker-js/faker -D
```
or pnpm
```shell
pnpm install @faker-js/faker -D
```
### Browser
```html
<script src="faker.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
const randomName = faker.name.findName(); // Caitlyn Kerluke
const randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // [email protected]
const randomCard = faker.helpers.createCard(); // random contact card containing many properties
</script>
```
### Node.js
```js
const { faker } = require('@faker-js/faker');
const randomName = faker.name.findName(); // Rowan Nikolaus
const randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // [email protected]
const randomCard = faker.helpers.createCard(); // random contact card containing many properties
```
### Deno
```js
import { faker } from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/@faker-js/faker';
const randomName = faker.name.findName(); // Willie Bahringer
const randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // [email protected]
const randomCard = faker.helpers.createCard(); // random contact card containing many properties
```
### TypeScript Support
Since version `v6+` there is native TypeScript support.
If you want for whatever reason the versions prior to `v6`,
you can use `@types/faker` and rebind the declarations to the `@faker-js/faker` package with a `faker.d.ts` file in your e.g. src folder.
```ts
// faker.d.ts
declare module '@faker-js/faker' {
import faker from 'faker';
export default faker;
}
```
## API
An in-depth overview of the API methods is available in the documentation. The API covers the following modules:
| Module | Example | Output |
| -------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Address | `faker.address.city()` | Lake Raoulfort |
| Animal | `faker.animal.type()` | Dog, cat, snake, bear, lion, etc. |
| Commerce | `faker.commerce.product()` | Polo t-shirt |
| Company | `faker.company.companyName()` | Zboncak and Sons |
| Database | `faker.database.engine()` | MyISAM |
| Datatype | `faker.datatype.uuid()` | 1oijf8-3iuhiu-21jddj-1092jf |
| Date | `faker.date.past()` | Sat Oct 20 2018 04:19:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
| Finance | `faker.finance.amount()` | ¥23400 (After setting locale) |
| Git | `faker.git.commitMessage()` | feat: add products list page |
| Hacker | `faker.hacker.phrase()` | Try to reboot the SQL bus, maybe it will bypass the virtual application! |
| Helpers | `faker.helpers.userCard()` | `{ avatar: '...', email: '{ first }{ last }{ number }@{domain}', first: '...' }`<br/><br/>All of the values are self-consistent (e.g. same first + last name in the email, too) |
| Image | `faker.image.avatar()` | `https://s3.amazonaws.com/uifaces/faces/twitter/martip07/128.jpg` <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/uifaces/faces/twitter/martip07/128.jpg" width="64"/> |
| Internet | `faker.internet.color()` | #630c7b |
| Lorem | `faker.lorem.paragraph()` | Word, words, sentences, slug (lorem-ipsum), paragraph(s), text, lines |
| Music | `faker.music.genre()` | R&B |
| Name | `faker.name.firstName()` | Cameron |
| Phone | `faker.phone.phoneNumber()` | +1 291-299-0192 |
| Random | `faker.random.locale()` | fr_CA |
| System | `faker.system.directoryPath()` | C:\Documents\Newsletters\ |
| Vehicle | `faker.vehicle.vehicle()` | 2011 Dodge Caravan |
### API Methods
Faker provides many useful utility functions.
- faker.address
| API | Description |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| zipCode | Get fake zip code |
| zipCodeByState | Get fake zip code by state |
| city | Get fake city |
| cityPrefix | Get fake city prefix |
| citySuffix | Get fake city suffix |
| cityName | Get fake city name |
| streetName | Get fake street name |
| streetAddress | Get fake street address |
| streetSuffix | Get fake street suffix |
| streetPrefix | Get fake street prefix |
| secondaryAddress | Get fake secondary address |
| county | Get fake county |
| country | Get fake country |
| countryCode | Get fake country code |
| state | Get fake state |
| stateAbbr | Get fake state abbreviation |
| latitude | Get fake latitude |
| longitude | Get fake longitude |
| direction | Get fake direction |
| cardinalDirection | Get fake cardinal direction |
| ordinalDirection | Get fake ordinal direction |
| nearbyGPSCoordinate | Get fake near by gps coordinate |
| timeZone | Get fake timezone |
- faker.animal
| API | Description |
| ---------- | ------------------------ |
| dog | Get fake dog type |
| cat | Get fake cat type |
| snake | Get fake snake type |
| bear | Get fake bear type |
| lion | Get fake lion type |
| cetacean | Get fake cetacean type |
| horse | Get fake horse type |
| bird | Get fake bird type |
| cow | Get fake cow type |
| fish | Get fake fish type |
| crocodilia | Get fake crocodilia type |
| insect | Get fake insect type |
| rabbit | Get fake rabbit type |
- faker.commerce
| API | Description |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| color | Get fake color name |
| department | Get fake department name |
| productName | Get fake product name |
| price | Get fake price count |
| productAdjective | Get fake product adjective |
| productMaterial | Get fake product material data |
| product | Get fake product name |
| productDescription | Get fake product description |
- faker.company
| API | Description |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| suffixes | Get fake company suffixes |
| companyName | Get fake company name |
| companySuffix | Get fake company suffix |
| bs | Get fake company business services |
| catchPhraseAdjective | Get fake product adjective |
| catchPhraseDescriptor | Get fake product material data |
| catchPhraseNoun | Get fake product name |
| bsAdjective | Get fake business services adjective |
| bsBuzz | Get fake business services buzz |
| bsNoun | Get fake business services noun |
- faker.database
| API | Description |
| --------- | --------------------------------- |
| column | Get fake database column name |
| type | Get fake database column datatype |
| collation | Get fake database collation |
| engine | Get fake database engine |
- faker.datatype
| API | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| number | Generates a random number |
| float | Generates a random floating number |
| datetime | Generates a random datetime |
| string | Generates a random string |
| uuid | Generates a valid uuid |
| boolean | Generates a boolean |
| hexaDecimal | Generates a hexadecimal |
| json | Generates a valid json object |
| array | Generates an array |
- faker.date
| API | Description |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| past | Get a date `N` years into the past |
| future | Get a date `N` years into the future |
| between | Get a random date between the dates given |
| betweens | Get an array of 3 dates ( by default ) of sorted randoms dates between the dates given |
| recent | Get a date `N` days from the recent past |
| soon | Get a date `N` days into the future |
| month | Generates a random value of date month |
| weekday | Generates a random value of date weekday |
- faker.fake
- faker.finance
| API | Description |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| account | Generates a random finance account |
| accountName | Generates a random finance account name |
| routingNumber | Generates a random finance routing number |
| mask | Generates a random finance mask template |
| amount | Generates a random amount of transaction |
| transactionType | Generates a random transaction type |
| currencyCode | Generates a random currency code |
| currencyName | Generates a random currency name |
| currencySymbol | Generates a random currency symbol |
| bitcoinAddress | Generates a random bitcoin address |
| litecoinAddress | Generates a random litecoin address |
| creditCardNumber | Generates a random credit card number |
| creditCardCVV | Generates a random credit card CVV |
| ethereumAddress | Generates a random ethereum address (ETH address) |
| iban | Generates a random IBAN |
| bic | Generates a random BIC |
| transactionDescription | Generates a random transaction description |
- faker.git
| API | Description |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| branch | Generates a random branch with hacker noun and verb |
| commitEntry | Generates a random commit entry with git commit message and sha |
| commitMessage | Generates a random commit message with hacker noun, adj and verb |
| commitSha | Generates a random commit SHA |
| shortSha | Generates a random short SHA |
- faker.hacker
| API | Description |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| abbreviation | Generates a random hacker abbreviation |
| adjective | Generates a random hacker adjective |
| noun | Generates a random hacker noun |
| verb | Generates a random hacker verb |
| ingverb | Generates a random hacker ingverb |
| phrase | Generates a random hacker phrase |
- faker.helpers
| API | Description |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| randomize | Get a random element from an array |
| slugify | Removes unwanted characters from URI string |
| replaceSymbolWithNumber | Parses string for a symbol and replace it with a random number from 1-10 |
| replaceSymbols | Parses string for symbols (numbers or letters) and replaces them appropriately (# will be replaced with number, ? with letter and \* will be replaced with number or letter) |
| replaceCreditCardSymbols | Replace symbols in a credit card schema including Luhn checksum |
| repeatString | String repeat helper, alternative to String.prototype.repeat |
| shuffle | Takes an array and randomizes it in place then returns it using the modern version of the Fisher-Yates algorithm |
| mustache | Generates a string with mustache {{ }} |
| createCard | Generates a human card |
| contextualCard | Generates a human contextual card |
| userCard | Generates a website user card |
| createTransaction | Generates a transaction |
- faker.image
| API | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| image | Generates a random image |
| avatar | Generates a random avatar |
| imageUrl | Generates a random image url |
| abstract | Generates a random abstract image |
| animals | Generates a random animals image |
| business | Generates a random business image |
| cats | Generates a random cats image |
| city | Generates a random city image |
| food | Generates a random food image |
| nightlife | Generates a random nightlife image |
| fashion | Generates a random fashion image |
| people | Generates a random people image |
| nature | Generates a random nature image |
| sports | Generates a random sports image |
| technics | Generates a random technics image |
| transport | Generates a random transport image |
| dataUri | Generates a random data uri |
| lorempixel | Generates a random image url from lorempixel |
| unsplash | Generates a random image url from unsplash |
| lorempicsum | Generates a random image url from lorem picsum |
- faker.internet
| API | Description |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| avatar | Generates a random avatar |
| email | Generates a random email |
| exampleEmail | Generates a random example email |
| userName | Generates a random user name |
| protocol | Generates a random internet protocol (http or https) |
| httpMethod | Generates a random http method |
| url | Generates a random url |
| domainName | Generates a random domain name |
| domainSuffix | Generates a random domain suffix |
| domainWord | Generates a random domain word |
| ip | Generates a random ip |
| ipv6 | Generates a random ipv6 |
| port | Generates a random port number |
| userAgent | Generates a random user agent |
| color | Generates a random hexadecimal color |
| mac | Generates a random mac address |
| password | Generates a random password |
- faker.lorem
| API | Description |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------- |
| word | Generates a random lorem word |
| words | Generates a random lorem words |
| sentence | Generates a random lorem sentence |
| slug | Generates a random lorem slug |
| sentences | Generates a random lorem sentences |
| paragraph | Generates a random lorem paragraph |
| paragraphs | Generates a random lorem paragraphs |
| text | Generates a random lorem text |
| lines | Generates a random lorem lines |
- faker.mersenne
| API | Description |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| rand | Generates a random mersenne rand |
| seed | Generates a random mersenne seed |
| seed_array | Generates a random datetime seed init by array |
- faker.music
| API | Description |
| ----- | ------------------------------ |
| genre | Generates a random music genre |
- faker.name
| API | Description |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| firstName | Generates a random human first name |
| lastName | Generates a random human last name |
| middleName | Generates a random human middle name |
| findName | Generates a random human first name and last name |
| jobTitle | Generates a random human job title, combination of jobDescriptor, jobArea and jobType |
| gender | Generates a random gender |
| prefix | Generates a random locale with gender specific name prefix |
| suffix | Generates a random locale with gender specific name suffix |
| title | Generates a random human title |
| jobDescriptor | Generates a random human job descriptor |
| jobArea | Generates a random human job area |
| jobType | Generates a random human job type |
- faker.phone
| API | Description |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| phoneNumber | Generates a random phone number |
| phoneNumberFormat | Generates a random phone number with requested format (Array index) |
| phoneFormats | Generates a random phone number format |
- faker.random
| API | Description |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| arrayElement | Takes an array and returns a random element of the array |
| arrayElements | Takes an array and returns a subset with random elements of the array |
| objectElement | Takes an object and returns a random key or value |
| word | Generates a random word |
| words | Generate `N` random words, with `N` defaulting to a random number between 1 and 3 |
| locale | Generates a random locale |
| alpha | Generates lower/upper alphabetic characters |
| alphaNumeric | Generates alphanumeric characters |
- faker.system
| API | Description |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| fileName | Generates a random filenames without system path separators |
| commonFileName | Generates a random filenames without system path separators |
| mimeType | Generates a random mimetypes |
| commonFileType | Generates a random commonly used file type |
| commonFileExt | Generates a random commonly used file extension |
| fileType | Get any file type available as mime-type |
| fileExt | Generates a random file extension |
| directoryPath | Generates a random directory path |
| filePath | Generates a random unix fs file full path |
| semver | Generate semantic version |
- faker.time
| API | Description |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------- |
| recent | Get recent timestamp in Unix time format |
- faker.unique
- faker.vehicle
| API | Description |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| vehicle | Generates a random vehicle name |
| manufacturer | Generates a random vehicle manufacturer name |
| model | Generates a random vehicle model name |
| type | Generates a random vehicle type |
| fuel | Generates a random vehicle fuel type |
| vin | Generates a random vehicle vin number |
| color | Generates a random vehicle color |
| vrm | Generates a random vehicle vrm |
| bicycle | Generates a random bicycle type |
### Faker.fake()
Faker contains a super useful generator method `Faker.fake` for combining faker API methods using a mustache string format.
**Example:**
```js
console.log(
faker.fake('{{name.lastName}}, {{name.firstName}} {{name.suffix}}')
);
```
This will interpolate the format string with the value of methods `name.lastName()`, `name.firstName()`, and `name.suffix()`
## Localization
Faker has support for multiple locales.
The default language locale is set to English.
Setting a new locale is simple:
```js
// sets locale to de
faker.locale = 'de';
```
See our documentation for a list of [provided languages](https://fakerjs.dev/api/localization.html#localization)
### Individual Localization Packages
Faker supports incremental loading of locales.
```js
// loads only de locale
const faker = require('@faker-js/faker/locale/de');
```
## Setting a randomness seed
If you want consistent results, you can set your own seed:
```js
faker.seed(123);
const firstRandom = faker.datatype.number();
// Setting the seed again resets the sequence.
faker.seed(123);
const secondRandom = faker.datatype.number();
console.log(firstRandom === secondRandom);
```
## Contributing
### Building Faker
The project is being built by [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io) (see [bundle.ts](scripts/bundle.ts))
```shell
pnpm install
pnpm run build
```
### Testing
```shell
pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm run test
# or
pnpm run coverage
```
You can view a code coverage report generated in `coverage/index.html`.
### Developing the docs
```shell
# build the Faker dist
# it's used inside of certain routes
pnpm run build
pnpm run docs:dev
```
### Building and serving the docs statically
```shell
# build the Faker dist
# it's used inside of certain routes
pnpm run build
pnpm run docs:build # Output docs to /dist
pnpm run docs:serve # Serve docs from /dist
```
### Deploying Documentation
The website is kindly hosted for free by the Netlify team under their Open Source plan. See the [netlify.toml](netlify.toml) for configuration.
## What happened to the original faker.js?
Read the [team update](https://fakerjs.dev/update.html) (January 14th, 2022).
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