Faker set locale

[clabnet]

Hi,

how to setLocale to faker on factories Adonis 5 ?

import 'faker'
import * as faker from 'faker/locale/it'

faker.setLocale('it')    <<<--- this has no effect

export const PartnerFactory = Factory.define(Partner, ({ faker }) => {
...
}

[MaximeMRF]

Do not use a external package for this, you can use Adonis factories

[clabnet]

Do not use a external package for this, you can use Adonis factories

In effect my question is related to Factories.

[Julien-R44]

You can do it like this :

export const AccountFactory = Factory.define(Account, ({ faker }) => {
  faker.setLocale('it')
  ...
  return {}
})

Looking at the lucid source code, there doesn't seem to be a way to globally define faker localization at the moment. That said, the feature could be added quite easily, if you have the time to do a PR !

[clabnet]

It work fine. Thanks @Julien-R44

import Factory from '@ioc:Adonis/Lucid/Factory'
import Partner from 'App/Models/Partner'
import { DateTime } from 'luxon'

export const PartnerFactory = Factory.define(Partner, ({ faker }) => {
  faker.setLocale('it')
  return {
    company_name: faker.company.companyName(),
    email: faker.internet.email(),
    created_by: faker.datatype.number({ min: 1, max: 2 }),
    createdAt: DateTime.fromJSDate(faker.date.recent()),
  }
}).build()