FakerElixir is an Elixir package that generates fake data for you. Whether you need to seed your database, create factories for your project, FakerElixir is here for you.

Installation

Can’t wait to generate some fake data ? Follow the steps:

1. Add faker_elixir_octopus to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

  def deps do
    [{:faker_elixir_octopus, "> 0.0.0"}]
  end

1. Ensure faker_elixir is started before your application:

  def application do
    [applications: [:faker_elixir_octopus]]
  end

1. Run in the root of your project:

  $ mix deps.get

1. Faker Elixir is now a part of your application and ready to use!

Usage

Since I’m quite sure you are using Phoenix, I will show you a basic example:

defmodule Zombie.AwesomeController do
  use Zombie.Web, :controller

  def index(conn, _params) do
    text conn, FakerElixir.Helper.pick(["zombie", "human"])
  end
end

Now if you keep refreshing your browser, the value should change. Awesome, you just understood how to use Faker.