Faker, a port of Data::Faker from Perl, is used to easily generate fake data: names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
This plugin is a port developed in ruby, found at http://faker.rubyforge.org.
Execute the following from your application directory:
grails install-plugin faker
def fakerService // instanciate the service
fakerService.name() => "Bob Hope"
/* -- HELPERS -- */
println fakerService.numerify('#####') => 22415
println fakerService.letterify('??? ???') => cfo mpu
println fakerService.bothify('##? ?##') => 40h l06
/* -- NAME -- */
println fakerService.name() => Matilde Deckow
println fakerService.firstName() => Ernest
println fakerService.lastName() => Gutkowski
/* -- ADDRESS -- */
println fakerService.streetAddress() => 237 Ludwig Station
println fakerService.streetName() => Candido Dale
println fakerService.secondaryAddress() => Apt. 589
println fakerService.city() => Lake Buster
println fakerService.usState() => West Virginia
println fakerService.usStateAbbr() => MI
println fakerService.zipCode() => 31685
println fakerService.ukCounty() => West Sussex
println fakerService.ukCountry() => Northern Ireland
println fakerService.ukPostcode() => JJ40 9EW
/* -- COMPANY -- */
println fakerService.companyName() => Eichmann-Marks
println fakerService.companyCatchPhrase() => Expanded contextually-based paradigm
println fakerService.companyBS() => visualize cross-media schemas
println fakerService.occupation() => Gynecologist
/* -- INTERNET -- */
println fakerService.email() => malinda_bartoletti@veum-toy.uk
println fakerService.email('Joe Blow') => joe_blow@kuhn-fahey.info
println fakerService.freeEmail() => nova_kovacek@gmail.com
println fakerService.freeEmail('Joe Blow') => joe.blow@gmail.com
println fakerService.userName() => odessa
println fakerService.userName('Joe Blow') => joe_blow
println fakerService.domainName() => orn.info
/* -- LOREM -- */
println fakerService.sentence(3) => Quas dolor culpa rerum tempora autem.
println fakerService.paragraph(3) => Et sint aliquid cum quas tempore tempora labore fuga. Voluptatem et saepe eaque illum. Voluptas eius explicabo eos at qui in saepe quis.
/* -- PHONE -- */
println fakerService.phoneNumber() => (535)286-9804 x571
println fakerService.phoneNumber('##########') => 1698340636
/* -- VERSION -- */
println fakerService.version() => 3.2.1
This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.
Comments are welcome. Send an email to cavneb at gmail.com.
- 0.7 - Converting static methods to instance methods and tabs to spaces by Pablo Alba
- 0.6 - Spanish added by Pablo Alba
- 0.2 - Fixed bug with domain names including commas and apostrophes. Thanks to Mike Hugo for the fix code.
- 0.1 - Initial Release