How to create fake user profiles using faker in Python
The faker library
In basic terms, the faker library generates fake data. This library can be used to create fake email IDs, profile information, and so on.
We use pip to install faker:
pip install faker
Providers
The faker module contains different functions to generate dummy data. It delegates the task of data generation to providers. Each provider is used to generate specific dummy data.
One such provider is profile. The profile provider is a collection of functions to generate personal profiles and identities.
The simple_profile() method
The simple_profile() method of the profile provider is used to generate a basic profile with personal information.
The attributes of the profile generated are as follows:
- username
- name
- sex
- address
- birthdate
Method signature
simple_profile(sex: Optional[GenderType] = None) → Dict[str, Union[str, datetime.date, GenderType]]
Parameters
sex: This is the sex of the profile to be generated. This is an optional argument. The characterMis used to indicate male, andFis used to indicate female.
Refer to Standard Providers to get the standard providers in the
fakermodule.
Example
import fakerfaker_obj = faker.Faker()gender = 'M'male_profile = faker_obj.simple_profile(sex=gender)print("Male profile generated is as follows:\n", male_profile)gender = 'F'male_profile = faker_obj.simple_profile(sex=gender)print("Female profile generated is as follows:\n", male_profile)
Explanation
- Line 1: We import the
fakermodule. - Line 3: We create an object of the
fakerclass. - Lines 5–7: We generate a male profile using the
simple_profile()method with the sex argument asM. - Lines 9–11: We generate a female profile using the
simple_profile()method with the sex argument asF.
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