Available since version 1.7.3.
Generate realistic Twitter user and status objects similar to what you would get back from the API.
{
"created_at": "Mon Dec 10 00:00:00 +0000 2012",
"id": 8821452687517076614,
"id_str": "8821452687517076614",
"text": "Ea et laboriosam vel non.",
// ...
}
# Keyword arguments: include_status, include_email
Faker::Twitter.user #=> {:id=>8821452687517076614, :name=>"Lincoln Paucek", :screen_name=>"cody"...
Faker::Twitter.user(include_status: false) # Just get a user object with no embed status
Faker::Twitter.user(include_email: true) # Simulate an authenticated user with the email permission
# Keyword arguments: include_user, include_photo
Faker::Twitter.status #=> {:id=>8821452687517076614, :text=>"Ea et laboriosam vel non."...
Faker::Twitter.status(include_user: false) # Just get a status object with no embed user
Faker::Twitter.status(include_photo: true) # Includes entities for an attached image
Faker::Twitter.screen_name #=> "audreanne_hackett"