As of version v2.0.0 Faker has support for multiple localities.
The default language locale is set to English.
Setting a new locale is simple:
// sets locale to de
faker.setLocale('de');
// or
faker.locale = 'de';| Locale | Name |
|---|---|
| af_ZA | Afrikaans |
| ar | Arabic |
| az | Azerbaijani |
| cz | Czech |
| de | German |
| de_AT | German (Austria) |
| de_CH | German (Switzerland) |
| el | Greek |
| en | English |
| en_AU | English (Australia) |
| en_AU_ocker | English (Australia Ocker) |
| en_BORK | English (Bork) |
| en_CA | English (Canada) |
| en_GB | English (Great Britain) |
| en_GH | English (Ghana) |
| en_IE | English (Ireland) |
| en_IND | English (India) |
| en_NG | Nigeria (English) |
| en_US | English (United States) |
| en_ZA | English (South Africa) |
| es | Spanish |
| es_MX | Spanish (Mexico) |
| fa | Farsi |
| fi | Finnish |
| fr | French |
| fr_BE | Français (Belgique) |
| fr_CA | French (Canada) |
| fr_CH | French (Switzerland) |
| ge | Georgian |
| he | Hebrew |
| hr | Hrvatski |
| hy | Armenian |
| id_ID | Indonesia |
| it | Italian |
| ja | Japanese |
| ko | Korean |
| lv | Latvian |
| mk | Macedonian |
| nb_NO | Norwegian |
| ne | Nepalese |
| nl | Dutch |
| nl_BE | Dutch (Belgium) |
| pl | Polish |
| pt_BR | Portuguese (Brazil) |
| pt_PT | Portuguese (Portugal) |
| ro | Romanian |
| ru | Russian |
| sk | Slovakian |
| sv | Swedish |
| tr | Turkish |
| uk | Ukrainian |
| ur | Urdu |
| vi | Vietnamese |
| zh_CN | Chinese |
| zh_TW | Chinese (Taiwan) |
| zu_ZA | Zulu (South Africa) |
As of version v3.0.0 Faker supports incremental loading of locales.
By default, requiring faker will include all locale data.
In a production environment, you may only want to include the locale data for a specific set of locales.
// loads only de locale
const faker = require('@faker-js/faker/locale/de');