Faker gem - Where is the data being fetched

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I'm trying to understand how the Faker rails gem works, so hopefully I can contribute to it. The project is found here: https://github.com/stympy/faker

Under ~/lib/faker/name.rb there will be code like this:

def first_name; fetch('name.first_name'); end

My problem is I don't understand where the hash with all the "name.first_name" is located.

Look at the `Base` class, and the localization files, e.g., https://github.com/stympy/faker/blob/master/lib/locales/en.yml — Dave Newton, Jun 25 '15 at 16:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '15 at 16:47

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Searching for "def fetch" shows me that the method is defined in lib/faker.rb.

fetch in turn calls translate, which delegates to I8n.translate.

answered Jun 25 '15 at 16:47

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