factory_boy_user_model_with_sequence_quickstart.py

1import factory
2from models import User
3
4# Define the factory
5class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
6    class Meta:
7        model = User
8
9    firstname = "John"
10    lastname = "Doe"
11    username = factory.Sequence(lambda n: 'user%d' % n)
12
13# Basic usage:
14# Returns a User instance with the default attributes
15user = UserFactory()
16
17# Returns a User instance with a specific firstname
18another_user = UserFactory(firstname="Jane")
19
20# Returns a User instance, but doesn't save it to the database
21# (Only if using a database-backed model like Django/SQLAlchemy)
22unsaved_user = UserFactory.build()