The latest articles on DEV Community by Kabiru Mwenja (@akabiru). https://dev.to/akabiru https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F34317%2Fad05aa75-0810-47c5-85ec-b94c0fb8fcf4.jpg https://dev.to/akabiru en Kabiru Mwenja Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:13:51 +0000 https://dev.to/akabiru/look-up-faker-methods-on-your-terminal-2p7f https://dev.to/akabiru/look-up-faker-methods-on-your-terminal-2p7f <p>I'm a huge fan of the <a href="https://github.com/stympy/faker">Faker Gem</a> and I use it everywhere. However, sometimes I find myself digging through Faker's ReadMe <em>(which is brilliant btw)</em> when I'm unsure of a method's namespace or I'm just not sure what's available. </p> <p>I've always wished I had some way to search faker at the comfort of my terminal.</p> <blockquote> <p>Well... <code>gem install fakerbot</code>! 😉</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://github.com/akabiru/fakerbot">fakerbot</a> is a cli tool that does just that. It reflects <a href="https://github.com/stympy/faker">faker's</a> object space exposing lookup &amp; listing functionality.</p> <p>Enough talk, let's see it in action.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>fakebot search number <span class="nt">-v</span> </code></pre> </div> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--iCG85ks7--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/w6qas7os5aydm4mnvec0.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--iCG85ks7--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/w6qas7os5aydm4mnvec0.jpg" alt=""></a><br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>fakerbot list </code></pre> </div> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--SLJROOQs--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/7fk2yvzsutsi7pj4a8rn.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--SLJROOQs--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/7fk2yvzsutsi7pj4a8rn.jpg" alt=""></a></p> <p><em>More <a href="https://github.com/akabiru/fakerbot#usage">Usage instructions</a> can be found on the ReadMe.</em></p> <p>If this looks like something that interests you, don't by shy! Please drop by the <a href="https://github.com/akabiru/fakerbot#usage">repo</a> , contribute, suggest a feature, add tests, ✨ e.t.c.</p> <p>My hope is that this tool makes your DEV life a tad easier as it has mine. Cheers! 🍺</p> ruby rails faker fakerbot