Handy extensions to enhance the capabilities of the Faker Gem
It comes in very handy for generating realistic dummy or seed data in large quantities for testing.
gem install faker_extensions# => returns true or false always a 50/50 proposition
Faker::coin_flip
# => returns true or false always a 50/50 proposition
Faker::random_paragraphs(p_max_paragraphs, p_paragraph_separator, p_allow_nil)
Faker::random_paragraphs(5, "\n", true) #generate either none or up to 5 paragraphs separated by a newline
Faker::random_paragraphs(10, " ", false) #generate 1 to 10 paragraphs separated by 2 spaces
# => returns true most of the time..between 51 and 99, default - 75% true
Faker::mostly_true(p_pct = 75)
Faker::mostly_true #return true approximately 75% (randomly) of the time
Faker::mostly_true(99) #return true approximately 99% (randomly) of the time
# => returns false most of the time..between 51 and 99, default - 75% true
Faker::mostly_false(p_pct = 75)
Faker::mostly_false #return false approximately 75% (randomly) of the time
Faker::mostly_false(99) #return false approximately 99% (randomly) of the time
# => returns the male parameter 50% of the time and the female fo% of the time (approximately and randomly)
Faker::gender(p_male = 'male', p_female = 'female')
Faker:gender #randomly select between male and female
Faker:gender('boy', 'girl') #randomly select between boy and girl
Faker:gender('grandma', 'grandpa') #randomly select between grandma and grandpa
Faker:gender(I18n.t('gender.male'), I18n.t('gender.female')) #internationalization way to select gender
#Note Internationalization must be handled by calling method, fake does nothing more in this case than choose between two values
# => returns a randomly selected integer between p_from and p_to
Faker::integer_range(p_from, p_to)
Faker::integer_range(p_from, p_to) #get an integer between one and 5
# => returns a randomly selected date between p_from and p_to
Faker::date_range(p_from, p_to)
Faker::date_range(Date.today - 1.year, Date.today) #get an date from a year ago until today
Comments and feedback are welcome. Send an email to Mike Urban via mike@marskalgroup.com
This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.