datatype.hexadecimal signature change (#1238) (8cb6027)
add "blockchains" as a company.bs_noun (a69f2f6)
add "fa" commerce (753ab3e)
add abbreviations to hacker.abbreviation() in the en locale (#1086) (c5d8934)
add autocomplete support for locales (#248) (c1f2b09)
add casing option (#955) (4c0e418)
add chat.fakerjs.dev subdomain redirection to discord (#306) (32b4839)
add chinese hyphenated name (#277) (40c9d5a)
add country list & some changes on street_suddix (42b4beb)
add creditCardIssuer (#888) (58b4f10)
add date abbr (8f282d7)
add date.birthdate (#962) (5e66d96)
add definitions (#84) (cfdfad5)
add en_CA city_name (close #983) (#992) (dc5c720)
add finance ,company, address.country_code (3f7f0a6)
add german adjectives (#1023) (1b9a920)
add Hungarian locale (#53) (9b0d100)
add internet (d3e646a)
add internet.emoji (#504) (cb746cb)
add job_title (53ce878)
add Lastname - Bhadresha, Jangid, Suthar (#243) (6214425)
add lorem to russian locale (1cae915)
Add MongoDB ObjectId generation (#616) (a5b3888)
add more arabic names dataset (#362) (86f1208)
add more arabic names dataset (#655) (b3a9abc)
add more arabic names datasets (#368) (f824f9d)
add music.songName (#996) (ccd2959)
add new phone number type in pt_PT locale (40390f6)
add os. as street prefix for pl (#640) (c6d0cc7)
add persian date (f426628)
add persian lorem (b60cf7b)
add phone number and cell phone format (cc6cba3)
add rodent breed on animal 'en' locale (#1136) (a65f1a2)
add some en locale city prefixes and suffixes (#685) (955ea43)
add some en locale product names (#686) (f22b93a)
add uniqueArray helper function (5280f7b)
add vehicle to "fa" library (e7c724c)
added sponsor and community members to the readme (#986) (2a6003f)
added support for generating a random alpha-3 country code (aec3829)
adding documentation with vitepress (#80) (71e9025)
address: use localized fake pattern in city (#948) (7373a22)
airline: add airline module (#1699) (579c9ad)
allow banned as string (#819) (a0d25bb)
always use https for loremflickr (#1034) (a235dca)
append more korean dataset and delete wrong dataset (#573) (acaedb3)
auto generate/update locale files (#252) (df48704)
color module (#801) (bee6054)
company: add realistic Hungarian company names (#1758) (2e6b136)
company: move name formats to locales (#1293) (e1f26a6)
configure eol character for git.commitEntry (#681) (f797b63)
datatype: introduce probability option to boolean (#1476) (838f836)
date: introduce faker.defaultRefDate and setDefaultRefDate (#1757) (3a44d5f)
dev: add male_first_name,female_first_name, jp locale (#1217) (ad885ea)
domain_suffix: add the id, ponpes.id and net.id domains for id_ID (#137) (ce4d48e)
dynamic definitions tree (#822) (069f4d1)
extend list of domain suffix for PL locale (#266) (5beac4b)
extend list of street prefixes for pl locale (#844) (425accd)
fake with multiple parameters (#1459) (2eb2537)
faker.finance.pin() (#695) (20f33e6)
faker.helpers.maybe (#874) (a64cbde)
FakerError (#718) (c3be3b1)
finance: branch code option in bic() (#1378) (fe97c29)
git: add options.refDate to commitEntry (#1512) (7c661c6)
github: add github actions (#35) (c788890)
gitignore: add dist folder to .gitignore (#48) (bc64805)
helpers: add length range support in arrayElements (#1772) (b86638d)
helpers: add new faker.helpers.weightedArrayElement (#1654) (59824e6)
helpers: add rangeToNumber method and add range parameters (#1486) (9cd716e)
helpers: allow empty string in fake (#1679) (f0d2ffb)
helpers: fake from array (#1453) (75a31f6)
helpers: introduce multiple method (#1545) (f06126a)
image: add image via.placeholder provider (#1186) (00d4741)
immutable options in random.alpha methods (#790) (dd11846)
improve and extend 🇫🇷 fr and 🇨🇭fr_CH locales (#973) (6f39b7c)
improve norwegian translations (#1042) (e071c78)
internet: add options to url() (#1480) (09e8356)
internet: HTTP random status code (#945) (05f555b)
internet: ip now returns ipv4 and ipv6 (#1059) (a90f2fe)
locales.en: extend vehicle (#1102) (07a970f)
locales.pl: add pl translation for gender and binary gender (#1162) (22a050e)
locales: add mergeLocales utility (#1707) (788fce0)
localization: localize all possible modules (9205ed7)
locate: add japanese company (#1573) (6e1009a)
location: latitude/longitude returns number (#1064) (dac6be3)
location: nearbyGPSCoordinate returns number tuple (#1061) (4765336)
lorem null response fix (#1407) (a6ce717)
migrate address (#133) (88afa60)
migrate animal (#105) (0abec83)
migrate commerce (#106) (82ab145)
migrate company (#132) (0205183)
migrate database (#89) (4d4653e)
migrate date (#83) (0fe6f2b)
migrate fake (#79) (8fa14c6)
migrate finance (#131) (a1208ca)
migrate git (#78) (6122d3c)
migrate hacker (#81) (e0005ad)
migrate helpers (#85) (07f8b44)
migrate image (#92) (3c3e567)
migrate internet (#94) (8fcfcc6)
migrate locales to typescript (#238) (d4cfa3c)
migrate lorem (#86) (7e6273b)
migrate music (#107) (46d51ba)
migrate name (#103) (de9f9d6)
migrate phone (#127) (77f4e63)
migrate random (#91) (efc11f1)
migrate system (#90) (c0a6277)
migrate time (#74) (168a211)
migrate unique (#128) (86580d8)
migrate vehicle (#130) (661f3b4)
migrate word (#102) (1b10032)
modules: export module interfaces (#932) (b9884d0)
name: add sexType method (#1289) (f684a14)
name: extract sex generator from gender to sex (#1168) (ad3c9bf)
number: add binary and octal random number generation (#1708) (d3229fc)
number: adjust hex default (#1649) (7b50c2f)
number: change float default params (#1642) (671631b)
number: change int default params (#1643) (0b2fa1a)
number: default to high precision float (#1675) (1ebbead)
number: move methods to new module (#1122) (7d4d99f)
person: add zodiacSign() (#182) (7e00d17)
person: add short bio (#1696) (2a2e054)
person: split prefix into gendered versions (#1665) (27dff93)
phone IMEI (#829) (c25ecd0)
random numeric (#797) (712b1de)
reimplement datatype.bigInt (#791) (1793385)
resettable unique store (#800) (29bba7b)
return seed value from seed() (#853) (1851eca)
rewrite datatype to ts (e0d0b5c)
science module (#1014) (d75d079)
science: add more units in en locale (#1386) (8dcb584)
separate methods for object key value (#503) (36cd461)
special characters in emails (#792) (3b5a21f)
string: add binary and octal random string generation (#1710) (80e0a96)
string: add special() method (#1634) (50fb72c)
string: generate string from characters (#1717) (47b2cfc)
string: move methods to new module (#1155) (79858fe)
string: nanoid (#1716) (099e76c)
support locale definitions directly from faker.fake (#884) (a60d5e3)
support tree-shaking (#152) (ccf119d)
system.fileName: file extension count (#1101) (968134c)
system.networkInterface: add networkInterface faker (#1133) (5979f82)
system: add cron (#897) (8fecd58)
throw error on unknown locale (#1071) (5ea8252)
types: generate all locales index files with non-any types (#494) (b611ca1)
types: provide strong typing for locales (#363) (5e6754d)
types: provide strong typing for locales 2 (#398) (419e9e2)
updated mime-db to 1.52.0 (#808) (78a30fb)
use export default for locales (#249) (93e8e53)
use localized fake pattern in street (#966) (5af79f4)
use street address templates from locales (#754) (b04dc91)
word: add sample method (#714) (3777c44)

Bug Fixes

#28: changed fakercloud url to cloudflare-ipfs.com (#95) (2fafe7b), closes #28
- require('./title') in lib/locales/ru/name/index.js (a236dcd)
🇫🇷 fr and 🇨🇭 fr_CH 🎨 colors (#1007) (d96457e)
absurd street name in ru (11c4f33)
accept dates as params for Date methods (#200) (91a1aab)
add job_title to title subset (85bc4a1)
add missing fakers for existing locales (#263) (7177d37)
added missing keys into package.json (#148) (b20f80b)
address.nearbyGPSCoordinate (#876) (3e23fc4)
alphaNumeric all chars banned (#550) (c51fb15)
ASCII-fy domainWord() (#1520) (cf764b9)
bitcoinAddress: fix tests for bitcoin addresses (b944bbc)
broken allowLeadingZeros tests (#1638) (97dbfa1)
change and to persian Equivalent (8d4210c)
change first_name.js (6298a17)
corrected the Costa Rican IBAN format (#646) (3f3de78)
correcting the readme file (#529) (6c9dcdd)
datatype.datetime should use static boundaries (#343) (7141cd7)
datatype.number when min = max + precision, throw when max > min (#664) (0304120)
datatype: unintentional hex breaking change (#1306) (379ba79)
date: Allow for refDate in soon(), recent() (816b658), closes #686
date: don't allow parameters <= 0 (#1536) (dd58148)
deterministic results for address.nearbyGPSCoordinate (#737) (bc7bd57)
docs v-pre issue (#326) (31830dc)
docs: faker.image.url should be under cloudflare ipfs (#454) (f059509)
dont log deprecations on startup (#857) (a28b5de)
empty array passed into helpers.arrayElements (#921) (100a1ea)
enable algolia search (#641) (a759c87)
fake behavior with special replacement patterns (#688) (8d1aefb)
fake docs not accessible (#323) (15514b5)
fake is unable to return empty strings (#347) (301a6d2)
faker.Lorem.sentence() was ignoring the 'range' parameter. (3caea60)
finance.bic: remove hardcoded elements and simplify function (#1171) (5a397e0)
finance: adjust min length of generated bitcoin address (#1384) (10aded2)
finance: fix typo in Belarusian Ruble's name (#1395) (fe214c3)
finance: Update Belarusian Ruble to new version (#1392) (526906f)
finance: update iso-3166-1 country codes for IBAN/BIC (#168) (6050d7a)
finance: update Venezuelan bolívar name and code (#1394) (0e65143)
finance: update Zambian Kwacha to new version (#1393) (115e859)
first_name file in en_GH locale (#1566) (dfd74f2)
fix bicycle_types files being named incorrectly (#477) (7a2a522)
fix time.recent method signature (#586) (60d3cc5)
fix unique method types (#457) (14df7d3)
force passed locales into faker constructor (#580) (5ed963f)
generate:locale: make the definition types extendible (#915) (984fbb4)
git: adjust commitEntry to match git log output (#1539) (99b6fb2)
git: commitEntry normalize user (#1813) (667599d)
handle missing or broken locales main index files (#478) (ff97431)
helpers: uniform distribution in helpers.arrayElements (#1770) (2b84b33)
image: properly lock loremflickr.com images (#1396) (2539e6a)
image: remove lorempixel (#1641) (ab9fa1f)
improve default seed initialization (#1334) (925db3a)
improve internet tests and fix bug in domain name generation (#258) (c6f7aa9)
internal: Fix typo in deprecation message (#1316) (7b18404)
internet email for japanese and chinese characters (0d3809d)
internet: fix invalid emails in some locales (#1746) (1e4e869)
internet: userName, email and slugify return only ascii (#1554) (4ed45fa)
jalapeño typo (#259) (74204a0)
linting problems (53f2148)
locale: change country name from Holanda to official name (#1669) (4ce378c)
locale: change id_ID name to Indonesian (#1401) (ec0181e)
locale: filter inappropriate words in the en locale (#1633) (df881bd)
locale: filter inappropriate words in the en locale (#1745) (dfa647d)
locale: improve en_GB location addresses (#1620) (27d41ee)
locale: mk (Macedonian) names should use cyrillic а (#1557) (1796559)
locale: remove SUS names (#1303) (f78843e)
locale: replace Ð with Đ in hr and vi (#1810) (ff53587)
location: use IANA standard for timezone (#1678) (dd81fe1)
lower target to support Webpack 4 (#1085) (080e51d)
lowercase eth addresses (86d0a27)
Luhn generation algorithms and tests (#980) (c95826f)
Maryland (MD) wrong postal code (#804) (4ac2a04)
mersenne rand invalid input argument (#577) (486c76e)
missing characters (7310bc6)
move el credit card information to the expected location (#484) (dcbd18e)
MSYS Compatible npm scripts (since using devDependencies) (#104) (7d6f2d8)
name module gender (#644) (7675abe)
normalize provider in finance.creditCardNumber (#662) (9ce1551)
number: values out of bounds (#1648) (e4839a9)
only return word with desirable alpha characters (#654) (b7b2e4f)
optional args on faker.finance.iban() (#431) (c71469c)
param can be optional (#381) (f8a95a1)
person: change fullName to use name patterns (#1637) (1ae2f6f)
person: Incorrect behavior of name.firstName() function (#1610) (4ce8e98)
random word fails on undefined (#771) (fb1b87e)
random: retry on invalid word generation (#1307) (c2108fa)
remove doubled extension in system.filePath (#300) (2532eb9)
remove duplicate "Indian Rupee" key on currency.js (1df986d)
remove invalid aliases (#488) (58fbfe3)
remove redundant precision from datatype.datetime options (#335) (9d5a7a2)
remove unreachable code finance (#508) (1bc622a)
removed dead code and adjusted fileExt (#304) (471bc1d)
removed node v12 from the pipe (#309) (537f56e)
removing toc to fix the docs html (#341) (c932942)
replace deprecated arrayElement calls (#903) (42d6795)
replaced placeimg.com on loremflickr.com (#692) (2a49e82)
revert pnpm only-allow (#291) (132e8c3)
revert type exports for module NodeNext, Node16 (#979) (#989) (c704e36)
solve various todos (#649) (d0a473f)
some return types (#307) (4ca61ca)
system.directoryPath and system.filePath (ace7730)
test random.alphaNumeric (#517) (41ec6f0)
tests: fix failing tests (#12) (7b0558e)
ts support for locales (#169) (61d0296)
two cities stuck together in ru (0dc9f93)
type exports for module NodeNext, Node16 (#979) (73db3a7)
typescript: support module Node16/NodeNext (#1005) (8736c2a)
types: fixed datetime types for optional argument (#192) (60b71fd)
types: fixed exampleEmail arguments types (#241) (66aa374)
typo in error message (#925) (3ea64ce)
typo in update.md (#180) (4a69d6d)
use \n as default separator for lorem.paragraphs() (#783) (6a2d8fc)
use ban-types recommended (#357) (9206e7a)
use require/import export map in package.json (#697) (0f74908)
Vehicle vin is always 17 characters long (#320) (d2fc1e6)

build

remove node v12 support (#850) (cc9aec7)
cleanup deprecations (#1440) (9c1437d)
company: remove hardcoded name fallback pattern (#1451) (b99ff71)
date: unify signatures (#1534) (0cec571)
get rid of export = (#849) (20fbeaf)
helpers: rewrite shuffle (#1521) (a5de229)
image: rewrite module (#1477) (616b34d)
location: rename address module (#1469) (b983ca1)
make mersenne internal (#1444) (5aa747f)
person: rename name module (#1445) (20f2236)
remove deprecations (#916) (683ee34)
remove faker default export (#799) (39b74c0)
reorganize src folder (#909) (a2da7c4)
string: swap allowLeadingZeros default to true (#1602) (c4b7ce8)
target es2020 (#848) (63f6361)
upgrade node minimum target (#1494) (226d421)

New Locales

locale: add city names (de) (#1283) (cc8b2b2)
locale: add directions and directions abbr to pl (#1225) (7a718b9)
locale: add dv locale (#1506) (0b9989f)
locale: add first name for zh_CN (#1376) (1d8ea82)
locale: add free email domains for zh_CN (#1555) (f241928)
locale: add horses to pl (#1227) (ca7cb41)
locale: add Luxembourg (French) locale (#1693) (c66f7bd)
locale: add male first names starting with Z to id_ID (#1424) (f921c14)
locale: add months, days and few other minor strings to es (#1320) (ebb4e2c)
locale: add new Indonesia state (#1400) (be87581)
locale: extend english company (#1701) (f0e859b)
locale: extend Hebrew (he) (#1257) (f8c9f60)
locale: extends id_ID company prefix (#1399) (f410564)
locale: update Korean color, date, location, word, company (#1492) (2ce8056)
locale: update location/country list (#1676) (ce1fa2f)

Changed Locales

locale: change en_IND to en_IN (#1448) (a7cd422)
locale: remove unused separator entry (#1731) (0bc6c2f)