New:
- :issue:`366`: Add :class:`factory.django.Password` to generate Django :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` passwords.
- Add support for Django 3.2
Bugfix:
- Do not override signals receivers registered in a :meth:`~factory.django.mute_signals` context.
- :issue:`775`: Change the signature for :meth:`~factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory._save` and :meth:`~factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory._get_or_create` to avoid argument names clashes with a field named
session
.
Deprecated:
:class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` will stop issuing a second call to :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save` on the created instance when :ref:`post-generation-hooks` return a value.
To help with the transition, :class:`factory.django.DjangoModelFactory._after_postgeneration` raises a :class:`DeprecationWarning` when calling :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save`. Inspect your :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` subclasses:
If the :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save` call is not needed after :class:`~factory.PostGeneration`, set :attr:`factory.django.DjangoOptions.skip_postgeneration_save` to
True
in the factory meta.Otherwise, the instance has been modified by :class:`~factory.PostGeneration` hooks and needs to be :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save`d. Either:
- call :meth:`django.db.models.Model.save` in the :class:`~factory.PostGeneration` hook that modifies the instance, or
- override :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory._after_postgeneration` to :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save` the instance.
Removed:
New:
- Add support for Django 3.1
- Add support for Python 3.9
Removed:
- Drop support for Django 1.11. This version is not maintained anymore.
- Drop support for Python 3.5. This version is not maintained anymore.
Deprecated:
:func:`factory.use_strategy`. Use :attr:`factory.FactoryOptions.strategy` instead. The purpose of :func:`~factory.use_strategy` duplicates the factory option. Follow PEP 20: There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
:func:`~factory.use_strategy()` will be removed in the next major version.
Bug fix:
- :issue:`785` :issue:`786` :issue:`787` :issue:`788` :issue:`790` :issue:`796`: Calls to :class:`factory.Faker` and :class:`factory.django.FileField` within a :class:`~factory.Trait` or :class:`~factory.Maybe` no longer lead to a
KeyError
crash.
New:
- Allow all types of declarations in :class:`factory.Faker` calls - enables references to other faker-defined attributes.
Bug fix:
- :issue:`769`: Fix
import factory; factory.django.DjangoModelFactory
and similar calls.
The following aliases were removed:
Broken alias | New import |
---|---|
from factory import DjangoModelFactory |
from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory |
from factory import MogoFactory |
from factory.mogo import MogoFactory |
from factory.fuzzy import get_random_state |
from factory.random import get_random_state |
from factory.fuzzy import set_random_state |
from factory.random import set_random_state |
from factory.fuzzy import reseed_random |
from factory.random import reseed_random |
Removed:
- Drop support for Python 2 and 3.4. These versions are not maintained anymore.
- Drop support for Django 2.0 and 2.1. These versions are not maintained anymore.
- Remove deprecated
force_flush
fromSQLAlchemyModelFactory
options. Usesqlalchemy_session_persistence = "flush"
instead.- Drop deprecated
attributes()
from :class:`~factory.Factory` subclasses; usefactory.make_factory(dict, FactoryClass._meta.pre_declarations)
instead.- Drop deprecated
declarations()
from :class:`~factory.Factory` subclasses; useFactoryClass._meta.pre_declarations
instead.- Drop
factory.compat
module.
New:
- Add support for Python 3.8
- Add support for Django 2.2 and 3.0
- Report misconfiguration when a :py:class:`~factory.Factory` is used as the :py:attr:`~factory.Factory.model` for another :py:class:`~factory.Factory`.
- Allow configuring the color palette of :py:class:`~factory.django.ImageField`.
- :py:meth:`get_random_state()` now represents the state of Faker and
factory_boy
fuzzy attributes.- Add SQLAlchemy
get_or_create
support
Improvements:
- :issue:`561`: Display a developer-friendly error message when providing a model instead of a factory in a :class:`~factory.declarations.SubFactory` class.
Bug fix:
- Fix issue with SubFactory not preserving signal muting behavior of the used factory, thanks Patrick Stein.
- Fix issue with overriding parameters in a Trait, thanks Grégoire Rocher.
- :issue:`598`: Limit
get_or_create
behavior to fields specified indjango_get_or_create
.- :issue:`606`: Re-raise :class:`~django.db.IntegrityError` when
django_get_or_create
with multiple fields fails to lookup model using user provided keyword arguments.- :issue:`630`: TypeError masked by __repr__ AttributeError when initializing
Maybe
with inconsistent phases.
New:
- Add support for Python 3.7
- Add support for Django 2.1
- Add :attr:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyChoice.getter` to :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyChoice` that mimics the behavior of
getter
in :class:`~factory.Iterator`- Make the
extra_kwargs
parameter of :meth:`~factory.faker.Faker.generate` optional- Add :class:`~factory.RelatedFactoryList` class for one-to-many support, thanks Sean Harrington.
- Make the locale argument for :class:`~factory.faker.Faker` keyword-only
Bug fix:
- Allow renamed arguments to be optional, thanks to Justin Crown.
- Fix django_get_or_create behavior when using multiple fields with unique=True, thanks to @YPCrumble <https://github.com/YPCrumble>
Bug fix:
- Fix passing deep context to a :class:`~factory.SubFactory` (
Foo(x__y__z=factory.Faker('name')
)
Bug fix:
- Fix :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyFloat` to return a 15 decimal digits precision float by default
- :issue:`451`: Restore :class:`~factory.django.FileField` to a :class:`~factory.declarations.ParameteredAttribute`, relying on composition to parse the provided parameters.
- :issue:`389`: Fix random state management with
faker
.- :issue:`466`: Restore mixing :class:`~factory.Trait` and :meth:`~factory.post_generation`.
Bug fix:
- :issue:`443`: Don't crash when calling :meth:`factory.Iterator.reset()` on a brand new iterator.
New:
- :issue:`397`: Allow a :class:`factory.Maybe` to contain a :class:`~factory.PostGenerationDeclaration`. This also applies to :class:`factory.Trait`, since they use a :class:`factory.Maybe` declaration internally.
Bug fix:
- Fix declaration corruption bug when a factory defined foo__bar__baz=1 and a caller provided a foo__bar=x parameter at call time: this got merged into the factory's base declarations.
Bug fix:
- Fix packaging issues (see zestsoftware/zest.releaser#212)
- Don't crash when debugging PostGenerationDeclaration
This version brings massive changes to the core engine, thus reducing the number of corner cases and weird behaviors.
New:
- :issue:`275`: factory.fuzzy and factory.faker now use the same random seed.
- Add :class:`factory.Maybe`, which chooses among two possible declarations based on another field's value (powers the :class:`~factory.Trait` feature).
- :class:`~factory.PostGenerationMethodCall` only allows to pass one positional argument; use keyword arguments for extra parameters.
Deprecation:
- factory.fuzzy.get_random_state is deprecated, factory.random.get_random_state should be used instead.
- factory.fuzzy.set_random_state is deprecated, factory.random.set_random_state should be used instead.
- factory.fuzzy.reseed_random is deprecated, factory.random.reseed_random should be used instead.
Bug fix:
- Fix packaging issues.
New:
- :issue:`240`: Call post-generation declarations in the order they were declared, thanks to Oleg Pidsadnyi.
- :issue:`309`: Provide new options for SQLAlchemy session persistence
Bug fix:
- :issue:`334`: Adjust for the package change in
faker
New:
- :pr:`267`: Add :class:`factory.LazyFunction` to remove unneeded lambda parameters, thanks to Hervé Cauwelier.
- :issue:`251`: Add :ref:`parameterized factories <parameters>` and :class:`traits <factory.Trait>`
- :pr:`256`, :pr:`292`: Improve error messages in corner cases
Removed:
- :pr:`278`: Formally drop support for Python2.6
Warning
Version 2.7.0 moves all error classes to factory.errors. This breaks existing import statements for any error classes except those importing FactoryError directly from the factory module.
New:
New:
- Add :attr:`factory.FactoryOptions.rename` to help handle conflicting names (:issue:`206`)
- Add support for random-yet-realistic values through fake-factory, through the :class:`factory.Faker` class.
- :class:`factory.Iterator` no longer begins iteration of its argument at import time, thus allowing to pass in a lazy iterator such as a Django queryset (i.e
factory.Iterator(models.MyThingy.objects.all())
).- Simplify imports for ORM layers, now available through a simple
factory
import, atfactory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory
/factory.django.DjangoModelFactory
/factory.mongoengine.MongoEngineFactory
.
Bug fix:
- :issue:`201`: Properly handle custom Django managers when dealing with abstract Django models.
- :issue:`212`: Fix :meth:`factory.django.mute_signals` to handle Django's signal caching
- :issue:`228`: Don't load :func:`django.apps.apps.get_model()` until required
- :pr:`219`: Stop using :meth:`mogo.model.Model.new()`, deprecated 4 years ago.
Bug fix:
- Add support for Django 1.7/1.8
- Add support for mongoengine>=0.9.0 / pymongo>=2.1
Bug fix:
- Respect custom managers in :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` (see :issue:`192`)
- Allow passing declarations (e.g :class:`~factory.Sequence`) as parameters to :class:`~factory.django.FileField` and :class:`~factory.django.ImageField`.
New:
- Add support for getting/setting :mod:`factory.fuzzy`'s random state (see :issue:`175`, :issue:`185`).
- Support lazy evaluation of iterables in :class:`factory.fuzzy.FuzzyChoice` (see :issue:`184`).
- Support non-default databases at the factory level (see :issue:`171`)
- Make :class:`factory.django.FileField` and :class:`factory.django.ImageField` non-post_generation, i.e normal fields also available in
save()
(see :issue:`141`).
Bug fix:
- Avoid issues when using :meth:`factory.django.mute_signals` on a base factory class (see :issue:`183`).
- Fix limitations of :class:`factory.StubFactory`, that can now use :class:`factory.SubFactory` and co (see :issue:`131`).
Deprecation:
- Remove deprecated features from :ref:`v2.4.0`
- Remove the auto-magical sequence setup (based on the latest primary key value in the database) for Django and SQLAlchemy; this relates to issues :issue:`170`, :issue:`153`, :issue:`111`, :issue:`103`, :issue:`92`, :issue:`78`. See https://github.com/FactoryBoy/factory_boy/commit/13d310f for technical details.
Warning
Version 2.5.0 removes the 'auto-magical sequence setup' bug-and-feature. This could trigger some bugs when tests expected a non-zero sequence reference.
Warning
Version 2.5.0 removes features that were marked as deprecated in :ref:`v2.4.0 <v2.4.0>`.
All FACTORY_*
-style attributes are now declared in a class Meta:
section:
# Old-style, deprecated
class MyFactory(factory.Factory):
FACTORY_FOR = models.MyModel
FACTORY_HIDDEN_ARGS = ['a', 'b', 'c']
# New-style
class MyFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
model = models.MyModel
exclude = ['a', 'b', 'c']
A simple shell command to upgrade the code would be:
# sed -i: inplace update
# grep -l: only file names, not matching lines
sed -i 's/FACTORY_FOR =/class Meta:\n model =/' $(grep -l FACTORY_FOR $(find . -name '*.py'))
This takes care of all FACTORY_FOR
occurrences; the files containing other attributes to rename can be found with grep -R FACTORY .
Bug fix:
- Fix overriding deeply inherited attributes (set in one factory, overridden in a subclass, used in a sub-sub-class).
New:
- Add support for :attr:`factory.fuzzy.FuzzyInteger.step`, thanks to ilya-pirogov (:pr:`120`)
- Add :meth:`~factory.django.mute_signals` decorator to temporarily disable some signals, thanks to ilya-pirogov (:pr:`122`)
- Add :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyFloat` (:issue:`124`)
- Declare target model and other non-declaration fields in a
class Meta
section.
Deprecation:
Use of
FACTORY_FOR
and otherFACTORY
class-level attributes is deprecated and will be removed in 2.5. Those attributes should now declared within the :class:`class Meta <factory.FactoryOptions>` attribute:
- Rename :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` to :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.model`
- Rename :attr:`~factory.Factory.ABSTRACT_FACTORY` to :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.abstract`
- Rename :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_STRATEGY` to :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.strategy`
- Rename :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_ARG_PARAMETERS` to :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.inline_args`
- Rename :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_HIDDEN_ARGS` to :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.exclude`
Bug fix:
- Fix badly written assert containing state-changing code, spotted by
chsigi
(:pr:`126`)- Don't crash when handling objects whose
__repr__
is non-pure-ASCII bytes on Python 2, discovered by mbertheau (:issue:`123`) and strycore (:pr:`127`)
New:
- Add :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyText`, thanks to jdufresne (:pr:`97`)
- Add :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyDecimal`, thanks to thedrow (:pr:`94`)
- Add support for :class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument`, thanks to imiric (:pr:`100`)
Bug fix:
- Fixed sequence counter for :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` when a factory inherits from another factory relating to an abstract model.
Bug fix:
- Removed duplicated :class:`~factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory` lurking in :mod:`factory` (:pr:`83`)
- Properly handle sequences within object inheritance chains. If
FactoryA
inherits fromFactoryB
, and their associated classes share the same link, sequence counters will be shared (:issue:`93`)- Properly handle nested :class:`~factory.SubFactory` overrides
New:
- The :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` now supports the
FACTORY_FOR = 'myapp.MyModel'
syntax, making it easier to shove all factories in a single module (:issue:`66`).- Add :meth:`factory.debug()` helper for easier backtrace analysis
- Adding factory support for mongoengine with :class:`~factory.mongoengine.MongoEngineFactory`.
New:
- The :class:`~factory.Factory.ABSTRACT_FACTORY` keyword is now optional, and automatically set to
True
if neither the :class:`~factory.Factory` subclass nor its parent declare the :class:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` attribute (:issue:`74`)
Bug fix:
- Properly retrieve the
color
keyword argument passed to :class:`~factory.django.ImageField`
New:
- Add :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyDate` thanks to saulshanabrook
- Add :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyDateTime` and :class:`~factory.fuzzy.FuzzyNaiveDateTime`.
- Add a :attr:`~factory.builder.Resolver.factory_parent` attribute to the :class:`~factory.builder.Resolver` passed to :class:`~factory.LazyAttribute`, in order to access fields defined in wrapping factories.
- Move :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` and :class:`~factory.mogo.MogoFactory` to their own modules (:mod:`factory.django` and :mod:`factory.mogo`)
- Add the :meth:`~factory.Factory.reset_sequence` classmethod to :class:`~factory.Factory` to ease resetting the sequence counter for a given factory.
- Add debug messages to
factory
logger.- Add a :meth:`~factory.Iterator.reset` method to :class:`~factory.Iterator` (:issue:`63`)
- Add support for the SQLAlchemy ORM through :class:`~factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory` (:pr:`64`, thanks to Romain Commandé)
- Add :class:`factory.django.FileField` and :class:`factory.django.ImageField` hooks for related Django model fields (:issue:`52`)
Bug fix
- Properly handle non-integer primary keys in :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` (:issue:`57`).
- Disable :class:`~factory.RelatedFactory` generation when a specific value was passed (:issue:`62`, thanks to Gabe Koscky)
Deprecation:
- Rename :class:`~factory.RelatedFactory`'s
name
argument tofactory_related_name
(See :issue:`58`)
New:
- When :attr:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory.FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE` is empty, use
Model.objects.create()
instead ofModel.objects.get_or_create
.
New:
- Don't push
defaults
toget_or_create
when :attr:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory.FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE` is not set.
New:
- Allow overriding the base factory class for :func:`~factory.make_factory` and friends.
- Add support for Python3 (Thanks to kmike and nkryptic)
- The default :attr:`~factory.Sequence.type` for :class:`~factory.Sequence` is now :obj:`int`
- Fields listed in :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_HIDDEN_ARGS` won't be passed to the associated class' constructor
- Add support for
get_or_create
in :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory`, through :attr:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory.FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE`.- Add support for :mod:`~factory.fuzzy` attribute definitions.
- The :class:`Sequence` counter can be overridden when calling a generating function
- Add :class:`~factory.Dict` and :class:`~factory.List` declarations (Closes :issue:`18`).
Removed:
- Remove associated class discovery
- Remove :class:`~factory.InfiniteIterator` and :func:`~factory.infinite_iterator`
- Remove :class:`~factory.CircularSubFactory`
- Remove
extract_prefix
kwarg to post-generation hooks.- Stop defaulting to Django's
Foo.objects.create()
when "creating" instances- Remove STRATEGY_*
- Remove :meth:`~factory.Factory.set_building_function` / :meth:`~factory.Factory.set_creation_function`
Warning
This version deprecates many magic or unexplicit features that will be removed in v2.0.0.
Please read the :ref:`changelog-1-3-0-upgrading` section, then run your
tests with python -W default
to see all remaining warnings.
- Global:
- Rewrite the whole documentation
- Provide a dedicated :class:`~factory.mogo.MogoFactory` subclass of :class:`~factory.Factory`
- The Factory class:
- Better creation/building customization hooks at :meth:`factory.Factory._build` and :meth:`factory.Factory.create`
- Add support for passing non-kwarg parameters to a :class:`~factory.Factory` wrapped class through :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_ARG_PARAMETERS`.
- Keep the :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` attribute in :class:`~factory.Factory` classes
- Declarations:
- Allow :class:`~factory.SubFactory` to solve circular dependencies between factories
- Enhance :class:`~factory.SelfAttribute` to handle "container" attribute fetching
- Add a :attr:`~factory.Iterator.getter` to :class:`~factory.Iterator` declarations
- A :class:`~factory.Iterator` may be prevented from cycling by setting
its :attr:`~factory.Iterator.cycle` argument to
False
- Allow overriding default arguments in a :class:`~factory.PostGenerationMethodCall` when generating an instance of the factory
- An object created by a :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory` will be saved again after :class:`~factory.PostGeneration` hooks execution
The following features have been deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming release.
- Declarations:
- :class:`~factory.InfiniteIterator` is deprecated in favor of :class:`~factory.Iterator`
- :class:`~factory.CircularSubFactory` is deprecated in favor of :class:`~factory.SubFactory`
- The
extract_prefix
argument to :meth:`~factory.post_generation` is now deprecated
- Factory:
- Usage of :meth:`~factory.Factory.set_creation_function` and :meth:`~factory.Factory.set_building_function` are now deprecated
- Implicit associated class discovery is no longer supported, you must set the :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` attribute on all :class:`~factory.Factory` subclasses
This version deprecates a few magic or undocumented features. All warnings will turn into errors starting from v2.0.0.
In order to upgrade client code, apply the following rules:
- Add a
FACTORY_FOR
attribute pointing to the target class to each :class:`~factory.Factory`, instead of relying on automatic associated class discovery - When using factory_boy for Django models, have each factory inherit from :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory`
- Replace
factory.CircularSubFactory('some.module', 'Symbol')
withfactory.SubFactory('some.module.Symbol')
- Replace
factory.InfiniteIterator(iterable)
withfactory.Iterator(iterable)
- Replace
@factory.post_generation()
with@factory.post_generation
- Replace
factory.set_building_function(SomeFactory, building_function)
with an override of the :meth:`~factory.Factory._build` method ofSomeFactory
- Replace
factory.set_creation_function(SomeFactory, creation_function)
with an override of the :meth:`~factory.Factory._create` method ofSomeFactory
New:
- Add :class:`~factory.CircularSubFactory` to solve circular dependencies between factories
Bug fix:
- Fix :class:`~factory.PostGenerationDeclaration` and derived classes.
New:
- Add :meth:`~factory.use_strategy` decorator to override a :class:`~factory.Factory`'s default strategy
- Improve test running (tox, python2.6/2.7)
- Introduce :class:`~factory.PostGeneration` and :class:`~factory.RelatedFactory`
Bug fix:
- Fix packaging rules
New:
- Add :class:`~factory.Iterator` and :class:`~factory.InfiniteIterator` for :class:`~factory.Factory` attribute declarations.
- Provide :func:`~factory.Factory.generate` and :func:`~factory.Factory.simple_generate`, that allow specifying the instantiation strategy directly. Also provides :func:`~factory.Factory.generate_batch` and :func:`~factory.Factory.simple_generate_batch`.
New:
- Add :func:`~factory.Factory.build_batch`, :func:`~factory.Factory.create_batch` and :func:`~factory.Factory.stub_batch`, to instantiate factories in batch
New:
- Improve the :class:`~factory.SelfAttribute` syntax to fetch sub-attributes using the
foo.bar
syntax;- Add :class:`~factory.ContainerAttribute` to fetch attributes from the container of a :class:`~factory.SubFactory`.
- Provide the :func:`~factory.make_factory` helper:
MyClassFactory = make_factory(MyClass, x=3, y=4)
- Add :func:`~factory.build`, :func:`~factory.create`, :func:`~factory.stub` helpers
Bug fix:
- Allow
classmethod
/staticmethod
on factories
Deprecation:
- Auto-discovery of :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` based on class name is now deprecated
New:
- Improve the algorithm for populating a :class:`~factory.Factory` attributes dict
- Add
python setup.py test
command to run the test suite- Allow custom build functions
- Introduce :data:`~factory.MOGO_BUILD` build function
- Add support for inheriting from multiple :class:`~factory.Factory`
- Base :class:`~factory.Factory` classes can now be declared :attr:`abstract <factory.Factory.ABSTRACT_FACTORY>`.
- Provide :class:`~factory.django.DjangoModelFactory`, whose :class:`~factory.Sequence` counter starts at the next free database id
- Introduce :class:`~factory.SelfAttribute`, a shortcut for
factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: o.foo.bar.baz
.
Bug fix:
- Handle nested :class:`~factory.SubFactory`
- Share sequence counter between parent and subclasses
- Fix :class:`~factory.SubFactory` / :class:`~factory.Sequence` interference
New:
- Introduce :class:`~factory.SubFactory`
New:
- Allow :class:`~factory.Factory` inheritance
- Improve handling of custom build/create functions
Bug fix:
- Fix concurrency between :class:`~factory.LazyAttribute` and :class:`~factory.Sequence`
New:
- First version of factory_boy
See :doc:`credits`.