GitHub - cieslarmichal/faker-cxx: C++ Faker library for generating fake (but realistic) data. (original) (raw)

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Introduction

Faker C++ is a C++ library inspired by the popular Faker.js, aimed at providing developers with a robust tool for generating fake (but realistic) data. Whether you're building test suites, populating databases, or creating demos, Faker C++ has got you covered.

Key Features

📚 Realistic Data Generation: Generate various types of data including names, addresses, emails, dates, and more.

🛠 Modular Design: Choose from a wide range of modules like Internet, Location, String, Date, and more to generate specific types of data.

🚀 Easy Integration: Seamlessly integrate with CMake, and it supports major compilers like MSVC, GCC, Clang, and Apple Clang.

📖 Usage and Documentation

To properly use Faker C++ you must first consume the Faker library (see Consuming Library with CMake). Once that is done, you need to include the proper header file depending on the module you wish to generate data from or use general include file faker-cxx/faker.h. All the docs can be found here.

Below is an example of how to use Faker C++ in your code.

#include

#include "faker-cxx/faker.h" // or include specific module

int main() { const auto id = faker:🧵:uuidV4(); const auto email = faker::internet::email(); const auto password = faker::internet::password(); const auto city = faker::location::city(); const auto streetAddress = faker::location::streetAddress(); const auto bornDate = faker:📅:birthdateByYear(1970, 2000);

std::cout << id << std::endl; // 59990db5-3a5f-40bf-8af0-7834c29ee884
std::cout << email << std::endl; // hills.rita@gmail.com
std::cout << password << std::endl; // Mf+*[(_'lHfM.$v{
std::cout << city << std::endl; // Rochester
std::cout << streetAddress << std::endl; // 643 Ricardo Creek
std::cout << bornDate << std::endl; // 1973-12-03T11:07:02Z

return 0;

}

💎 Modules

Consuming the library with CMake

With Git submodules and add_library

  1. Add faker to git submodules (execute in project root):
mkdir externals && cd externals  
git submodule add https://github.com/cieslarmichal/faker-cxx.git  
git submodule update --init --recursive
  1. Link with library:
    set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
    add_subdirectory(externals/faker-cxx)
    add_executable(main Main.cpp)
    target_link_libraries(main faker-cxx)

With FetchContent

set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)

FetchContent_Declare(faker GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/cieslarmichal/faker-cxx.git GIT_TAG main )

FetchContent_MakeAvailable(faker)

add_executable(main Main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(main faker-cxx)

⚒️ Compiler support

Dependencies

In order to use external dependencies installed in your system, you can set the USE_SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES CMake flag to ON.

📦 Building the library with Conan

The library can be built using Conan package manager to solve external dependencies. To build the library with Conan, follow the steps below:

  1. Install required dependencies:
    conan install conanfile.txt --build=missing
  2. Build the library:
    cmake --preset=conan-release -DUSE_SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES:BOOL=ON
    cmake --build --preset=conan-release

Installing the library with Conan

You can install pre-built binaries for faker-cxx or build it from source using Conan. Use the following command:

conan install --requires="faker-cxx/[*]" --build=missing

The faker-cxx Conan recipe is kept up to date by Conan maintainers and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please create an issue or pull requeston the ConanCenterIndex repository.

Building the library with Bazel

As alternative, this project can be built using Bazel. The dependencies are managed directly by Bazel modules, downloading and building all external dependencies. Follow the steps below to build the project:

  1. Navigate to the project directory:
  2. Build the project:

✨ Contributing

We would love it if you contributed to Faker C++! 🚀

Check our guides on how to build the project locally:

Please make sure to read the Contributing Guidebefore making a pull request.

Additionally, we encourage you to join our Discord Channel for contributors.

📘 Credits

Thanks to all the people who already contributed to Faker!

📝 Changelog

Detailed changes for each release are documented in the release notes.

🔑 License

This project is under MIT license.