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@fakerjs/faker
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A set of javascript packages that generates fake data for you.
Install
Install all faker packages.
npm
npm install @fakerjs/faker --save-dev
yarn
yarn add @fakerjs/faker -D
Usage
import faker from '@fakerjs/faker';
faker().animal();
//=> Snow Leopard
faker().gender();
//=> Female
faker().profession();
//=> Software Engineer
// etc...
Browse all faker javascript packages
License
The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) Sergey Romanenko
FAQs
A set of javascript packages that generates fake data for you.
The npm package @fakerjs/faker receives a total of 4,799 weekly downloads. As such, @fakerjs/faker popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @fakerjs/faker demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 31 Jan 2022
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