Back in the days, I remember copying and pasting any kind of text I could find in the web to fake data without smashing my keyboard. While it works, there is a much better way to have valid data without leaving your code. I'm talking about <code>faker</code>. This <code>npm</code> package allows you to focus specifically on the type of data. That could be a lorem, firstname, address,... or even a random hex color. There is massive data to fake so checkout the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/FotoVerite/Faker.js">GitHub respository</a> for the data you need.
Import <code>faker</code> either with <code>yarn</code> or <code>npm</code>:
<code>npm intstall faker</code> or <code>yarn add faker</code>
<pre><code class="lang-js">// import faker from "faker";
const faker = require("faker");

const fullname = faker.name.findName();
const color = faker.internet.color();
const paragraphs = faker.lorem.paragraphs(5);
</code></pre>
Et voilà, whenever you need data, install faker and you are good to go.
Cheers,
Max

Back in the days, I remember copying and pasting any kind of text I could find in the web to fake data without smashing my keyboard. While it works, there is a much better way to have valid data without leaving your code. I'm talking about `faker`. This `npm` package allows you to focus specifically on the type of data. That could be a _lorem_, _firstname_, _address_,... or even a random hex _color_. There is massive data to fake so checkout the [GitHub respository](https://github.com/FotoVerite/Faker.js) for the data you need.

Import `faker` either with `yarn` or `npm`:

`npm intstall faker` or `yarn add faker`

```js
// import faker from "faker";
const faker = require("faker");

const fullname = faker.name.findName();
const color = faker.internet.color();
const paragraphs = faker.lorem.paragraphs(5);
```

Et voilà, whenever you need data, install faker and you are good to go.

Cheers,

Max

How to fake data in Node.js with faker.js