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      <title>I built a tool that generates TypeScript fixtures from interfaces and Zod schemas</title>
      <dc:creator>Wasef Hussain</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/wasef_hussain_2145ce814de/i-built-a-tool-that-generates-typescript-fixtures-from-interfaces-and-zod-schemas-g52</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Every TypeScript project reaches the same point: you've defined your&lt;br&gt;
types, now you need mock data for tests, Storybook stories, or local&lt;br&gt;
dev. You end up hand-writing the same boilerplate &lt;code&gt;mockUser&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;code&gt;mockProduct&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;mockOrder&lt;/code&gt; objects over and over.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I built &lt;strong&gt;FixtureKit&lt;/strong&gt; to fix that — a free developer tool, not a&lt;br&gt;
product pitch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What it does
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Paste a TypeScript &lt;code&gt;interface&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;type&lt;/code&gt;, or a Zod &lt;code&gt;z.object(...)&lt;/code&gt; schema&lt;br&gt;
→ get a copy-ready &lt;code&gt;export const mock…&lt;/code&gt; fixture.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try it:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://fixture-kit.vercel.app" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://fixture-kit.vercel.app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Input:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight typescript"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kr"&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;Product&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nl"&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kr"&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nl"&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kr"&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nl"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kr"&gt;number&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nl"&gt;inStock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;boolean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nl"&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kr"&gt;string&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Output:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight typescript"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="k"&gt;export&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kd"&gt;const&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;mockProduct&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;Product&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Wireless Keyboard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mf"&gt;49.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;inStock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kc"&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;electronics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;accessories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What makes it useful
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Semantic field inference&lt;/strong&gt; — field names like &lt;code&gt;email&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;name&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;url&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;code&gt;price&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;createdAt&lt;/code&gt; map to realistic value pools. Not just "string"&lt;br&gt;
everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deterministic output&lt;/strong&gt; — hash-based, no &lt;code&gt;Math.random()&lt;/code&gt;. Same schema&lt;br&gt;
always gives the same output. Safe to commit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No eval, no backend&lt;/strong&gt; — everything runs in the browser. Nothing&lt;br&gt;
leaves your machine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 output formats&lt;/strong&gt; — TypeScript, JSON, MSW handler, Playwright route&lt;br&gt;
interception.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adversarial mode&lt;/strong&gt; — injects XSS payloads, SQLi strings, and boundary&lt;br&gt;
values to stress-test your validation logic.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supports Partial, Pick, Omit&lt;/strong&gt; — common utility types work&lt;br&gt;
out of the box.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Supported input
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TypeScript:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;interface&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;type&lt;/code&gt;, arrays, nested objects, optional&lt;br&gt;
fields, unions, literal types, &lt;code&gt;Partial&amp;lt;T&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Pick&amp;lt;T&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Omit&amp;lt;T&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zod:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;z.object&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.string&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.number&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.boolean&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.array&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;code&gt;z.enum&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.union&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;z.literal&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;.optional()&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;.nullable()&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;br&gt;
nested &lt;code&gt;z.object&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Generics, mapped types, &lt;code&gt;.refine&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;.transform&lt;/code&gt; → clear error, not&lt;br&gt;
broken output.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Tech
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;React 18 · TypeScript 5 · Vite · TypeScript compiler API (in-browser)&lt;br&gt;
· No backend&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Source
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/Wasef-Hussain/FixtureKit" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Wasef-Hussain/FixtureKit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feedback welcome — especially schema patterns I haven't handled yet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; Schemas are now shareable as links — click "Copy link" &lt;br&gt;
in the output toolbar and anyone who opens the URL gets your schema &lt;br&gt;
pre-loaded instantly. No backend, encoded in the URL hash.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Launched on Product Hunt today 🙏&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/fixturekit" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;FixtureKit on Product Hunt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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