A CLI that allows you to de-identify data in your database.
gem install fakerize
# create a config file
# run
fakerize database:convert mysql://user@localhost/mydb myconfig.yml
We needed a way to quickly generate a demo system that has some real data, but in a way that provided a complete de-identification of people in our database. We wanted to make the process extensible and re-usable so that we can use for our future data stores.
Using a yaml config file that contians a list of tables within each table a list of fields to fakerize, then on each field it contains the Faker Class and Method that needs to be called.
Here is an example:
---
models:
-
:name: :patients
:options:
-
:field: :last_name
:fakerize: Name.last_name
-
:field: :first_name
:fakerize: Name.first_name
-
:field: :ssn
:fakerize: Ssn.en_ssn
-
:field: :dob
:fakerize: Patient.dob
-
:field: :phone
:fakerize: Patient.phone
Just pass the Sequel Connection string
fakerize database:convert mysql://root@localhost/mydb my_config.yml
- Ruby 1.9.2
- Faker Gem
- Sequel Gem
- MySql Gem
- Setup Gemspec file
- Add Plugin System to make the data modules datastore agnostic
- Add a database clean functionality to remove data