What is Factory Boy in Django?

What is Factory Boy in Django?

Factory Boy is a flexible and easy-to-use library for creating test data in Django applications.

How do I install Factory Boy?

You can install Factory Boy using pip: pip install factory_boy.

Can you give me an example of how to use it?

Sure! You can define a factory for your model like this:

import factory
from myapp.models import MyModel

class MyModelFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

    field1 = 'value1'
    field2 = 'value2'

How do I create an instance using the factory?

You can create an instance by calling the factory:

my_instance = MyModelFactory.create()