What is a Random Person Generator?
A Random Person Generator will generate a fake, randomly created person with their full details. These are not real personal details, they do not exist, which means they cannot be used in production applications for testing.
These generated personal details are used for testing mobile applications or websites, which require the input of valid looking personal details, such as an address, birthday, gender, phone number and more.
Why do I need an Person Generator?
You can use this generator to create valid looking but random personal details. Our person generator allows you to specify the country, after which the tool will generate a new (but fake) person.
You can use this generated information in your tests, for example to test a form that requires the input of a person's details.
How does this random people generator work?
We use an utility called Faker. This is a tool that will generate fake data, but looks like it's real data.
Under the hood, Faker will generate data such as random personal details. You can use this tool yourself with NodeJS and Ruby as well.
How do I generate a fake person with Faker and Ruby?
Once you've installed the Faker gem, you can use various functions to generate the necessary information. Please see the example below.
name = Faker::Name.name
address = Faker::Address.full_address