Faker

Generate sample user data

Use Case: Simulate user data for testing dashboards, mockups, or reports and is commonly used to quickly generate sample data for prototypes.

Coder Breakdown:

• Imports the Faker class from the faker lib to generate random yet realistic fake data. The faker lib contains many functions also called methods that generate random but realistic fake data.

• Faker() creates an instance of the Faker class.

• In the below example: Faker() is a class, fake is an object(or instance) of that class. We use this object (fake) to access Faker function like .name(), .email(), etc.

from faker import Faker

fake = Faker()
print(fake.name())  # Generate fake user name
print(fake.email())  # Generate fake email

• Different Faker Data Categories

Category	Method Example	Example Output
Name	fake.name()	John Doe
Email	fake.email()	[e-mail]
Phone Number	fake.phone_number()	[phone]
Address	fake.address()	123 Fake Street, NY, USA
Text	fake.text()	"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..."
Company	fake.company()	Tech Solutions Ltd.
Job Title	fake.job()	Software Engineer
Date of Birth	fake.date_of_birth()	1985-07-14
Credit Card Number	fake.credit_card_number()	4539 1234 5678 9012
IP Address	fake.ipv4()	192.168.1.1
UUID	fake.uuid4()	550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

• Example usingmultiple Faker methods

from faker import Faker

fake = Faker()  # Creating an instance/ object of the Faker class

print("Name:", fake.name())  # Generates a fake name
print("Email:", fake.email())  # Generates a fake email
print("Phone:", fake.phone_number())  # Generates a fake phone number
print("Address:", fake.address())  # Generates a fake address
print("Company:", fake.company())  # Generates a fake company name
print("Job Title:", fake.job())  # Generates a fake job title
print("Credit Card:", fake.credit_card_number())  # Generates a fake credit card number
print("IP Address:", fake.ipv4())  # Generates a fake IP address

#To generate it for lets say 10 users, use the following code:
from faker import Faker

fake = Faker()  # Creating an instance of the Faker class

# Generate data for 10 users
for i in range(10):
    print(f"User {i+1}:")
    print("Name:", fake.name())  # Generates a fake name
    print("Email:", fake.email())  # Generates a fake email
    print("Phone:", fake.phone_number())  # Generates a fake phone number
    print("Address:", fake.address())  # Generates a fake address
    print("Company:", fake.company())  # Generates a fake company name
    print("Job Title:", fake.job())  # Generates a fake job title
    print("Credit Card:", fake.credit_card_number())  # Generates a fake credit card number
    print("IP Address:", fake.ipv4())  # Generates a fake IP address
    print("-" * 50)  # Prints a separator line for better readability