Faker module introduction

Hi Pythonistas!

Today we are going to learn a new package called Faker. This is very helpful for generating test data, pandas data frames, etc. This package has localization support also. Let us learn with an example

Installation

pip install Faker

Code

from faker import Faker
import pprint
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

fake = Faker()
user_data = []
for _ in range(10):
    user = {
        "name": fake.name(),
         "email": fake.email(),
         "company": fake.company(),
         "address": fake.address(),
         "date_of_birth": fake.date_of_birth()
    }
    user_data.append(user)

pp.pprint(user_data)

Output

[   {   'address': '34901 Jeremy Road Suite 500\nThomasport, LA 86259',

     'company': 'Hansen-Hansen',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1930, 6, 7),

     'email': 'scarr@example.net',

     'name': 'Michael Hayden'},

{   'address': '0616 Kent Brooks Apt. 147\nWest Edwin, UT 57731',

     'company': 'Schroeder Ltd',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1987, 5, 29),

     'email': 'joshualeonard@example.net',

     'name': 'Faith Johnson'},

{   'address': '121 Harold Shoals Apt. 026\nNorth Tyler, AS 16405',

     'company': 'Porter and Sons',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(2011, 5, 23),

     'email': 'brianevans@example.net',

     'name': 'Kevin Jackson'},

{   'address': '14839 Mcbride Fields\nWest Marieburgh, LA 92227',

     'company': 'Ortiz and Sons',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1976, 10, 3),

     'email': 'vperry@example.com',

     'name': 'Brian Franklin'},

{   'address': '3024 Regina Gardens\nCainberg, AK 17863',

     'company': 'Leon-Leach',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1982, 8, 6),

     'email': 'deborah36@example.com',

     'name': 'Daniel Pearson'},

{   'address': '7542 Anne Trafficway Apt. 633\nLake Sarahshire, MO 19797',

     'company': 'Aguirre-Ballard',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1925, 3, 22),

     'email': 'mcphersonharry@example.org',

     'name': 'Jennifer Baker'},

{   'address': '9901 Williams Circle Apt. 196\nSchneiderborough, VI 41081',

     'company': 'Chavez PLC',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1998, 9, 13),

     'email': 'pjackson@example.org',

     'name': 'Michelle Smith'},

{   'address': 'USS Camacho\nFPO AP 61797',

     'company': 'Vargas Ltd',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1908, 10, 19),

     'email': 'velazquezmichael@example.com',

     'name': 'Kimberly Briggs'},

{   'address': '902 Evans Park\nJanetburgh, NY 12153',

     'company': 'Grimes, Morrison and Garcia',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(2002, 1, 12),

     'email': 'charlesmartinez@example.org',

     'name': 'Victoria Brewer'},

{   'address': '09336 Megan Lights Suite 699\nPort Jamesfort, ND 92366',

     'company': 'Lewis LLC',

     'date_of_birth': datetime.date(1979, 12, 11),

     'email': 'dlewis@example.net',

     'name': 'Anna Paul'}]

In the above code we can see that it will create 10 user records with very few lines of code.

Now we can see the localization support.

Code

from faker import Faker
fake = Faker(['ja_JP'])

for _ in range(10):
    print(fake.name())

Output

橋本 真綾

松田 亮介

田中 あすか

吉田 舞

小林 充

山田 幹

渡辺 零

前田 健一

近藤 あすか

佐藤 里佳

Here in this example we have set language as Japanese so it creates a name in Japanese character. 

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