phoney 0.2.6

Fake Info generator, a library for generating realistic personal data like names, phone numbers, emails, and more.

🌐 Phoney - Realistic Fake Data Generator

Generate locale-aware fake personal data for testing, development, and anonymization. Perfect for populating databases and creating test users.

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✨ Features

• 50+ locales including en_US, fr_FR, ja_JP, de_DE
• Complete profiles with names, emails, phones, and birthdates
• Gender-specific name generation
• Zero dependencies — lightweight and fast

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📦 Installation

pip install phoney

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🚀 Basic Usage

from phoney import Phoney

phoney = Phoney()

# Individual data
title = phoney.first_name(locale="it_IT")
print(title)  # → "Marco"

print(phoney.phone(locale="ja_JP"))  # → "[phone]"

# Complete profile
profile = phoney.profile(locale="es_ES")
print(profile)

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📚 Key Methods

Method	Description	Example Usage
first_name()	Generate first name	first_name(gender="female")
last_name()	Generate last name	last_name(locale="fr_FR")
full_name()	Generate full name	full_name(gender="male")
phone()	Generate phone number	phone(locale="en_US")
email()	Generate email address	email(first_name="john")
profile()	Generate complete profile	profile(locale="de_DE")

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🧩 Profile Structure

{
  'first_name': 'Sophie',
  'last_name': 'Martin',
  'gender': 'female',
  'age': 34,
  'birthdate': datetime.date(1990, 5, 12),
  'email': '[e-mail]',
  'phone': '[phone]',
  'locale': 'fr_FR'
}

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🌍 Supported Locales

US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Russia, China + 40 more

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📜 License

MIT — Free for commercial and personal use.

Developed by rarfile • Report Issue

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