Database
Module to generate database related entries.
Overview
Traditional relational database tables have data organized in columns with specific types - column()
, type()
. The database usually has an engine()
and a default collation()
for sorting.
For the NoSQL database MongoDB, mongodbObjectId()
provides a random ID.
collation
Returns a random database collation.
Available since v4.0.0
Returns: string
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faker.database.collation(): string
faker.database.collation() // 'utf8_unicode_ci'
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column
Returns a random database column name.
Available since v4.0.0
Returns: string
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faker.database.column(): string
faker.database.column() // 'createdAt'
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engine
Returns a random database engine.
Available since v4.0.0
Returns: string
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faker.database.engine(): string
faker.database.engine() // 'ARCHIVE'
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mongodbObjectId
Returns a MongoDB ObjectId string.
Available since v6.2.0
Returns: string
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faker.database.mongodbObjectId(): string
faker.database.mongodbObjectId() // 'e175cac316a79afdd0ad3afb'
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type
Returns a random database column type.
Available since v4.0.0
Returns: string
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faker.database.type(): string
faker.database.type() // 'timestamp'