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A model instances generator for Django

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Django-fakery
=============

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An easy-to-use implementation of `Creation Methods`_ (aka Object Factory) for Django, backed by ``Faker``.

.. _Creation Methods: http://xunitpatterns.com/Creation%20Method.html

``django_fakery`` will try to guess the field's value based on the field's name and type.

Installation
------------

Install with::

$ pip install django-fakery

QuickStart
----------

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

factory.make(
'app.Model',
fields={
'field': 'value',
}
)

The value of a field can be any python object, a callable, or a lambda:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory
from django.utils import timezone

factory.make(
'app.Model',
fields={
'created': timezone.now
}
)

When using a lambda, it will receive two arguments: ``n`` is the iteration number, and ``f`` is an instance of ``faker``:

.. code-block:: python

user = factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': lambda n, f: 'user_{}'.format(n),
}
)


You can create multiple objects by using the ``quantity`` parameter:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

factory.make('app.Model', quantity=4)

For convenience, when the value of a field is a string, it will be interpolated with the iteration number:

.. code-block:: python

user = factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': 'user_{}',
},
quantity=4
)

Lazies
------

You can refer to the created instance's own attributes or method by using `Lazy` objects.

For example, if you'd like to create user with email as username, and have them always match, you could do:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory, Lazy

factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': Lazy('email'),
}
)


If you want to assign a value returned by a method on the instance, you can pass the method's arguments to the ``Lazy`` object:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory, Lazy

factory.make(
'myapp.Model',
fields={
'myfield': Lazy('model_method', 'argument', keyword='keyword value'),
}
)

Foreign keys
------------

Non-nullable ``ForeignKey``s create related objects automatically.

If you want to explicitly create a related object, you can pass it to the ``fields`` like any other value:

.. code-block:: python

pizza = factory.make(
'food.Pizza',
fields={
'chef': factory.make('auth.User', fields={'username': 'Gusteau'}),
}
)

ManyToManies
------------

Because ``ManyToManyField``s are implicitly nullable (ie: they're always allowed to have their ``.count()`` equal to ``0``), related objects on those fields are not automatically created for you.

If you want to explicitly create a related objects, you can pass a list to the ``fields`` like any other value:

.. code-block:: python

pizza = factory.make(
'food.Pizza',
fields={
'toppings': [factory.make('food.Tooping', fields={'name': 'Anchovies'})],
}
)

You can also pass a factory, to create multiple objects:

.. code-block:: python

pizza = factory.make(
'food.Pizza',
fields={
'toppings': factory.make('food.Tooping', quantity=5),
}
)

Lazies
------

You can refer to the created instance's own attributes or method by using `Lazy` objects.

For example, if you'd like to create user with email as username, and have them always match, you could do:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory, Lazy

factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': Lazy('email'),
}
)


If you want to assign a value returned by a method on the instance, you can pass the method's arguments to the ``Lazy`` object:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory, Lazy

factory.make(
'myapp.Model',
fields={
'myfield': Lazy('model_method', 'argument', keyword='keyword value'),
}
)


Pre-save and Post-save hooks
----------------------------

You can define functions to be called right before the instance is saved or right after:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': 'username',
},
pre_save=[
lambda i: i.set_password('password')
]
)



Since settings a user's password is such a common case, we special-cased that scenario, so you can just pass it as a field:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

factory.make(
'auth.User',
fields={
'username': 'username',
'password': 'password',
}
)


Blueprints
----------

Use a blueprint:

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

user = factory.blueprint('auth.User')

user.make(quantity=10)

Blueprints can refer other blueprints:

.. code-block:: python

pizza = factory.blueprint(
'food.Pizza',
fields={
'chef': user,
}
)

Seeding the faker
-----------------

.. code-block:: python

from django_fakery import factory

factory.make('auth.User', fields={
'username': 'regularuser_{}'
}, seed=1234, quantity=4)


Credits
-------

The API is heavily inspired by `model_mommy`_.

.. _model_mommy: https://github.com/vandersonmota/model_mommy

License
-------

This software is released under the MIT License.

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