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Faker is a lua library that generates fake data for you.

$ luarocks install faker

Faker is a lua library that generates fake data for you.
Whether you need to bootstrap your database, create good-looking XML documents, fill-in your persistence to stress test it, or anonymize data taken from a production service, Faker is for you.
Faker is heavily inspired by PHP Faker, Perl Faker, Ruby Faker and by Python Faker.

Versions

0.0.1-15 years ago514 downloads

Dependencies

lua >= 5.1

Dependency for

kong-mocking-advanced

Manifests