C# port of the Ruby Faker gem (http://faker.rubyforge.org/) and is used to easily generate fake data: names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.


Keywords
.Net, Core, Faker, Standard, TDD, Testing, chsarp, dotnet-framework, fake-data, faker-generator
License
MIT
Install
Install-Package Faker.Net -Version 2.0.163

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Faker

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C# port of the Ruby Faker gem (http://faker.rubyforge.org/) and is used to easily generate fake data:

addresses (UK, US),
boolean,
companies,
countries,
currencies,
enums,
finance (isin, ticker, coupon, maturity, bond name),
identification (social security number (US), MBI (US), national insurance number (UK), passport number (UK & US), Bulgarian Person Identification Number(PIN/ENG))
internet (email, domain names, user names),
lorem ipsum,
names,
phone numbers

Available as a NuGet package (https://nuget.org/packages/Faker.Net).

Get the code via git:

git clone git://github.com/slashdotdash/faker-cs.git

Example code

var name = Faker.Name.FullName(); // Tod Yundt
var firstName = Faker.Name.First(); // Orlando
var lastName = Faker.Name.Last(); // Brekke
var address = Faker.Address.StreetAddress(); // 713 Pfeffer Bridge
var city = Faker.Address.City(); // Reynaton
var number = Faker.RandomNumber.Next(100); // 30
var dob = Faker.Identification.DateOfBirth(); // 1971-11-16T00:00:00.0000000Z

// US - United States
var ssn = Faker.Identification.SocialSecurityNumber(); // 249-17-9666
var mbi = Faker.Identification.MedicareBeneficiaryIdentifier(); // 8NK0Q74KT53
var usPassport = Faker.Identification.UsPassportNumber(); // 335587506

// UK - United Kingdom
var nin = Faker.Identification.UkNationalInsuranceNumber(); // YA171053Y
var ninFormatted = Faker.Identification.UkNationalInsuranceNumber(true); // YA 17 10 53 Y
var ukPassport = Faker.Identification.UkPassportNumber(); // 496675685
var ukNhs = Faker.Identification.UkNhsNumber(); // 6584168301
var ukNhsFormatted = Faker.Identification.UkNhsNumber(true); // 658 416 8301

// BG - Bulgaria
var bulgarianPin = Faker.Identification.BulgarianPin(); //6402142606

Supported versions:

.NET framework 4.5,
.NET framework 4.6,
.NET framework 4.7,
.NET framework 4.8,
.NET Standard 2.0,
.NET Standard 2.1,
.NET Core 3.0,
.NET Core 3.1,
.NET 5.0,
.NET 6.0

No longer supported in nuGet package (1.1 going forward):

.NET framework 3.5 SP1,
.NET framework 4.0,
Silverlight 3.0,
Silverlight 4.0,
Silverlight 5.0,
Windows Phone 7,
Windows Phone 7.1