because creating fake data is annoying

fakify.rb

class Date
  def self.random(from=Date.new(1970), to=Time.now.to_date)
    rand(from..to)
  end
end

module ActiveRecord
  class Base
    def self.fake_attributes(use_nulls=false)
      Hash[self.columns.map {|c| c.random_record(use_nulls) }]
    end
  end

  class ConnectionAdapters::Column
    def random_record(use_nulls=false)
      require 'faker'
      value = if self.null and use_nulls
        nil
      else
        case self.type
        when :integer
          (rand * 10**self.limit).to_i
        when :boolean
          (rand >= 0.5) ? true : false
        when :datetime, :date, :time
          Date.random
        when :string
          case self.name
          when /first_name/
            Faker::Name.first_name
          when /last_name/
            Faker::Name.last_name
          when /city/
            Faker::Address.city
          when /country/
            Faker::Address.country
          when /state/
            Faker::Address.state
          when /zip|zip.*code|post.*code/
            Faker::Address.postcode
          when /phone|fax/
            Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number
          when /email/
            Faker::Internet.email
          when /name/
            # likely for false positives, leave almost last
            Faker::Name.name
          else
            Faker::Base.letterify('?' * (rand * 64))
          end
        else
          self.type
        end
      end
      [self.name, value]
    end
  end
end
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#
# Examples
#
# require 'fakify'
#
# # create a hash with random values for all the columns in a company
# Company.fake_attributes
#
# # create a new company with all random values
# Company.new(Company.fake_attributes)
#
# # create a new company with random values for all columns with the NOT NULL constraint
# Company.new(Company.fake_attributes(true))