Faker Twig Functions - Lorem/Dummy text
You can easily get dummy Lorem Ipsum text in Twig via Faker. It will change each time Pattern Lab compiles.
Text
{{ faker.text() }}
{{ faker.text(100) }}Get random text; you can pass in a number for max characters you'd like.
Words
{{ faker.words() }}
{{ faker.words(100) }}Get random words; you can pass in a number for max words you'd like.
Sentences
{{ faker.sentences() }}
{{ faker.sentences(7) }}Get random sentences; you can pass in a number for max sentences you'd like.
Paragraph
{{ faker.paragraph() }}
{{ faker.paragraph(7) }}Get a paragraph with random sentences; you can pass in a number for how many sentences you'd like. It will be +/- 40% of that number, use {{ faker.paragraph(7, false) }} for it to be exactly that many paragraphs.
Tips on usage
You can use them in many places; here's a few different ideas.
{% include "thing.twig" with {
text: faker.text(),
} %}Need a lot of paragraphs and want to wrap each one? Here's how to make 10 of them:
{% for i in 1..10 %}
<p>{{ faker.paragraph() }}</p>
{% endfor %}Want the word amount to vary even more? Use the built in random function to pick a number between 5 & 15 each time:
<p>{{ faker.words(random(5..15)) }}</p>Finally, have Visual Regression Testing in mind? Set the environmental variable TWIG_FAKER_ALWAYS_GET_SAME_TEXT to true and Faker will always return the same text for each call. Though if you're using the random function from above, that will affect things.