fixture-factory

Generate massive amounts of fixtures based on predefined model using faker.js methods.

Installation

npm install fixture-factory --save-dev

Usage

Register your model

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');

var userDataModel = {
  firstName: 'name.firstName',
  lastName: 'name.lastName',
};

fixtureFactory.register('user', userDataModel);

Generate single fixture

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user');

Expected Output

{
 firstName: <generated first name>,
 lastName: <generated last name>
}

Generate multiple fixtures

fixtureFactory.generate('user', 10);

Expected Output

[{
  firstName: <generated first name>,
  lastName: <generated last name>
}, ... 9 more
]

Generate nested objects

fixtureFactory.register('user',{
    type: 'admin',
    firstName: 'Daniel',
    role: {
        id: 'random.uuid',
        name: 'internet.userName'
    }
  });

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user');

Expected Output

{ type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel',
  role:
  {
     id: '15751f0a-569d-4789-89cc-8f7c8405f007',
     name: 'German_Glover10'
  }
}

Generate array of nested objects

fixtureFactory.register('user',{
    type: 'admin',
    firstName: 'Daniel',
    roles: [{
        id: 'random.uuid',
        name: 'internet.userName'
    }, 10]
  });

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user');

Expected Output

{ type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel',
  roles:
  [
     {
       id: '1b8df9da-3f1a-4f9b-ab96-1de8cc4844c5',
       name: 'Dawn_Dooley30'
     },
     ... 9 more
  ]
}

Generate with extra fields

fixtureFactory.generate('user',1 ,{
    type: 'admin',
    firstName: 'Daniel'
  });

Expected Output

{
 firstName: 'Daniel',
 lastName: <generated last name>,
 type: 'admin'
}

Generate without registered model

fixtureFactory.generateOne({
  email: 'internet.email'
  });

Expected Output

{
 email: <generated email>
}

Get your own instance

In case you want to have multiple instances of factory you can call noConflict.

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');
var secondFixtureFactory = fixtureFactory.noConflict();

Values in dataModel

fixed field values

If defined method won't be found in faker.js it will be treated as simple string to be used as field value

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');

var userDataModel = {
  staticField: 'someValue'
};

fixtureFactory.register('user', userDataModel);
fixtureFactory.generateOne('user');

Expected Output

{
 staticField: 'someValue'
}

functions

You may define a function in the data model which will be processed after all other fixtures have been generated

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');

var userDataModel = {
  name: 'name.firstName',
  email: function(fixtures) {
    return fixtures.name + '@acme.com';
  }
};

fixtureFactory.register('user', userDataModel);
fixtureFactory.generateOne('user');

Expected Output

{
 staticField: '<generated name>@acme.com'
}

passing options to faker.js methods

if given method requires additional parameters you can pass it by adding args property

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');

var userDataModel = {
  age: {
    method: 'random.number',
    args: [
      {
        min: 18,
        max: 90
      }
    ]
  }
};

fixtureFactory.register('user', userDataModel);
fixtureFactory.generateOne();

Expected Output

{
 age: <number between 18 and 90>
}

passing parser method

you can pass parser method to change modify value of acquired fixture field

var fixtureFactory = require('fixture-factory');

var userDataModel = {
  firstName : 'name.firstName'
};

fixtureFactory.register('user', userDataModel);

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user', {
  firstName: function (fixtures, options, dataModel, faker) {
    return 'sir '+ faker.name.firstName();
  }
});

Expected Output

{
 firstName: 'sir <some generated name>'
}

Reference Plugin

The Reference plugin is an example extension of the fixture factory that allows embeding other models into your definition. It is enabled by default.

Embed another model in your fixture

fixtureFactory.register('user',{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel'
});

fixtureFactory.register('role',{
  id: 'random.uuid',
  name: 'internet.userName'
});

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user', {
  role: 'model.role'  
});

Expected Output

{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel',
  role:
  {
     id: '15751f0a-569d-4789-89cc-8f7c8405f007',
     name: 'German_Glover10'
  }
}

Embed another model in your fixture and provide properties

fixtureFactory.register('user',{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel'
});

fixtureFactory.register('role',{
  id: 'random.uuid',
  name: 'internet.userName'
});

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user', {
  role: {
    method: 'model.role',
    reference: {
      properties: {
        active: true
      }
    }
  }
});

Expected Output

{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel',
  role:
  {
    id: '8b23b7f8-c14b-4231-a768-5ecc407a5821',
    name: 'Dianna36',
    active: true
  }
}

Embed another model field in your fixture

fixtureFactory.register('user',{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel'
});

fixtureFactory.register('role',{
  id: 'random.uuid',
  name: 'internet.userName'
});

fixtureFactory.generateOne('user', {
  roleId: 'model.role.id'  
});

Expected Output

{
  type: 'admin',
  firstName: 'Daniel',
  roleId: '17b6ec69-606d-4e97-b2c5-4eb9b3507e32'
}

TO DO

• add support for defining own generators

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Copyright (c) 2014 Peter Kaleta

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