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# fejkdata
A Go library and CLI for generating locale-aware fake data from JSON templates.
Forked from [github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes](https://github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes).
Locale-aware fake data for tests and fixtures, generated from JSON templates. Use
it from Go or the CLI — no data on disk, no dependencies, and a seed makes output
reproducible.
## Goals
1. **Valid by construction** — every value passes the check its real consumer
applies; facts that belong together come from one draw, within a value and
across categories.
2. **Text means what it says** — a format renders as written; only `{…}` varies,
random characters included (`{digits(3)}`). One spelling per result; the wrong
one is a load error naming the right one.
3. **Every mistake is a load error** — `New` rejects; `Fake` on a loaded generator
fails only for an unknown path.
4. **Zero to a value in one command** — `go install`, then `fejkdata sv_SE.person`:
no checkout, no flag. Flags are GNU-form (`--seed 42`, `-n 3`) in any position;
the first custom template needs no escape and no option.
5. **Data lives in JSON** — a builtin only for what data can't express.
6. **Reproducible** — seed in, same stream out; no builtin reads a clock.
7. **Zero dependencies** — standard library only.
8. **Docs index the grammar** — every syntax feature is a heading; every example
runs under test and shows its output; a rule is stated once.
## Audience, scale and horizon
fejkdata is for developers generating test and fixture data, from Go or the CLI —
in-memory and single-process, with no persistence or networking, so it reads no
configuration beyond what the caller passes. A single value is bounded at 1 048 576
renders (`MaxRepeat`); how large each render is stays what the data asked for. The
data format becomes the frozen public API at the first tagged release, which is the
promotion trigger for a compatibility review; until then there is no compatibility
promise.
```sh
go install gitea.larvit.se/larvit/fejkdata/cmd/fejkdata@latest
fejkdata sv_SE.person # Sara Eriksson
```
## CLI
```sh
go install gitea.larvit.se/larvit/fejkdata/cmd/fejkdata@latest
fejkdata sv_SE.person # Sara Eriksson
fejkdata sv_SE.person.last # Eriksson
fejkdata --seed 42 sv_SE.address # the same address every run
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list's length, a weighted one O(log n), and long formats, deep nesting and many
tokens add cost in proportion to the output.
## Goals
1. **Valid by construction** — every value passes the check its real consumer
applies; facts that belong together come from one draw, within a value and
across categories.
2. **Text means what it says** — a format renders as written; only `{…}` varies,
random characters included (`{digits(3)}`). One spelling per result; the wrong
one is a load error naming the right one.
3. **Every mistake is a load error** — `New` rejects; `Fake` on a loaded generator
fails only for an unknown path.
4. **Zero to a value in one command** — `go install`, then `fejkdata sv_SE.person`:
no checkout, no flag. Flags are GNU-form (`--seed 42`, `-n 3`) in any position;
the first custom template needs no escape and no option.
5. **Data lives in JSON** — a builtin only for what data can't express.
6. **Reproducible** — seed in, same stream out; no builtin reads a clock.
7. **Zero dependencies** — standard library only.
8. **Docs index the grammar** — every syntax feature is a heading; every example
runs under test and shows its output; a rule is stated once.
## Decisions
- **Options and fields share one namespace.** `format`, `weight`, `repeat` and
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## License
MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE). Forked from [github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes](https://github.com/Timewave-AB/fakes).