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Tools for generating input to Ash resource actions, as well as for seeds.

These tools are young, and various factors are not taken into account. For example, validations and identities are not automatically considered.

If you want to use this with stream data testing, you will likely want to get familiar with StreamData.

Many functions in this module support overrides, which allow passing down either constant values or your own generators.

For example:

# All generated posts will have text as `"text"`. Equivalent to providing `StreamData.constant("text")`.
Ash.Generator.seed_input(Post, %{text: "text"})

Summary

Functions

Generate input meant to be passed into a resource action.

Creates the input for the provided action with action_input/3, and creates a changeset for that action with that input.

Starts and links an agent for a sequence, or returns the existing agent pid if it already exists.

Creates a generator map where the keys are required except the list provided

Creates the input for the provided action with action_input/3, and creates a query for that action with that input.

Gets input using seed_input/2 and passes it to Ash.Seed.seed!/2, returning the result

Generate input meant to be passed into Ash.Seed.seed!/2.

Generates an input n times, and passes them all to seed, returning the list of seeded items.

Stops the agent for a sequence.

Functions

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action_input(resource_or_record, action, generators \\ %{})

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Generate input meant to be passed into a resource action.

Currently input for arguments that are passed to a manage_relationship are excluded, and you will have to generate them yourself by passing your own generators/values down. See the module documentation for more.

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changeset(resource_or_record, action, generators \\ %{}, changeset_options \\ [])

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Creates the input for the provided action with action_input/3, and creates a changeset for that action with that input.

See action_input/3 and the module documentation for more.

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initialize_sequence(identifier)

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@spec initialize_sequence(atom()) :: pid()

Starts and links an agent for a sequence, or returns the existing agent pid if it already exists.

See sequence/3 for more.

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many_changesets(resource_or_record, action, n, generators \\ %{}, changeset_options \\ [])

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Generate n changesets and return them as a list.

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many_queries(resource, action, n, generators \\ %{}, changeset_options \\ [])

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Generate n queries and return them as a list.

Creates a generator map where the keys are required except the list provided

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query(resource, action, generators \\ %{}, changeset_options \\ [])

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Creates the input for the provided action with action_input/3, and creates a query for that action with that input.

See action_input/3 and the module documentation for more.

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seed!(resource, generators \\ %{})

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Gets input using seed_input/2 and passes it to Ash.Seed.seed!/2, returning the result

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seed_input(resource, generators \\ %{})

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Generate input meant to be passed into Ash.Seed.seed!/2.

A map of custom StreamData generators can be provided to add to or overwrite the generated input, for example: Ash.Generator.for_seed(Post, %{text: StreamData.constant("Post")})

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seed_many!(resource, n, generators \\ %{})

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Generates an input n times, and passes them all to seed, returning the list of seeded items.

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sequence(identifier, generator, sequencer \\ fn i -> (i || -1) + 1 end)

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@spec sequence(pid() | atom(), (iterator | nil -> value), (iterator | nil -> iterator)) ::
  StreamData.t(value)
when iterator: term(), value: term()

Generate globally unique values.

This is useful for generating values that are unique across all resources, such as email addresses, or for generating values that are unique across a single resource, such as identifiers. The values will be unique for anything using the same sequence name.

The name of the identifier will be used as the name of the agent process, so use a unique name not in use anywhere else.

The lifecycle of this generator is tied to the process that initially starts it. In general, that will be the test. In the rare case where you are running async processes that need to share a sequence that is not created in the test process, you can initialize a sequence in the test using initialize_sequence/1.

Example:

Ash.Generator.sequence(:unique_email, fn i -> "user#{i}@example.com" end) |> Enum.take(3)
iex> ["user0@example.com", "user1@example.com", "user2@example.com"]

Using a different sequencer

By default we use an incrementing integer starting at 0. However, if you want to use something else, you can provide your own sequencer. The initial value will be nil, which you can use to detect that you are the start of the sequence.

Example:

Ash.Generator.sequence(:unique_email, fn i -> "user#{i}@example.com" end, fn num -> (num || 1) - 1 end) |> Enum.take(3)
iex> ["user0@example.com", "user-1@example.com", "user-2@example.com"]
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stop_sequence(identifier)

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Stops the agent for a sequence.

See sequence/3 for more.