Roadmap to 2.0

[RobinCK]

• $ref support (fixture scope)
• config support
• configure faker locale (implemented in 1.8.0)
• optional data
• reference to property
• extend fixtures file
• logger / debug
• integration tests
• class-transformer support
• require option for registred ts-node and other
• support tree repository
• optional ignoreDecorators [true/false] class-transformer decorators are ignored #87

[diegolaciar]

+1 Integration tests

[byCedric]

Would love to see some "helper methods" to create fixtures from tests. 😄

[thonythony]

Hello @RobinCK, is support tree repository ready (as you checked in your list) ? I need this feature, if you have already developed, can you release it please (in 2.0.0-alpha by example) ?

[RobinCK]

@thonythony
entity: https://github.com/RobinCK/typeorm-fixtures-sample/blob/master/entity/Category.ts
fixtures: https://github.com/RobinCK/typeorm-fixtures-sample/blob/master/fixtures/Category.yml

[aynik]

Looks like at the moment we cannot use @references when we define relation columns with @RelationId(). Is there a plan to support this?

[kop7]

+1 configure faker locale

[maximelafarie]

For those who are looking for a way to add custom and localized content to database, I share with you my workaround:

Add a processor to your entity:

entity: User
processor: ../processor/user.processor.ts # <-- the `processor` folder is at the same level than `src`
items:
  user{1..100}:
    produit: '@produit{1..5}'
    groupe: '@groupe{1..4}'
    bio: '{{lorem.paragraph}}'

In your processor, you can do the following (I let some of my custom methods and getters so you have an example of what you can do inside your processor):

⚠️ You don't have to install faker, it'll already import the one required by typeorm-fixtures!

import { IProcessor } from 'typeorm-fixtures-cli';
import { User } from '../src/user/user.entity';

import * as faker from 'faker';
faker.locale = 'fr'; // <-- Whatever locale you want

export default class UserProcessor implements IProcessor<User> {

  private randomNumberBetween(min: number, max: number): number {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
  }

  private get nameEmail(): object {
    const nom = faker.name.lastName();
    const prenom = faker.name.firstName();
    const email = `${prenom.toLowerCase()}.${nom.toLowerCase()}@domain.io`;

    return { nom, prenom, email };
  }

  private get randomAddress(): string {
    return `${this.randomNumberBetween(1, 100)} rue ${faker.address.streetName}`;
  }

  preProcess(name: string, object: any): any {
    // Add any prop you want to customize in your fixture
    return {
      ...object,
      ...this.nameEmail,
      civilite: this.randomNumberBetween(1, 2),
      telephone: faker.phone.phoneNumber,
      adresse: this.randomAddress,
      codePostal: faker.address.zipCode,
      ville: faker.address.city,
    };
  }

  postProcess(name: string, object: { [key: string]: any }): void {
    // Do some processing after data is persisted
  }
}

P.S.: If you're looking for the original faker repo, the one used by typeorm-fixtures is https://github.com/practicalmeteor/meteor-faker (it's slightly the same documentation).

Hope it will help you guys! 🤘