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This is the mailing list for discussion of Factory Boy, the fixtures replacement for Python.

Feel free to ask support questions, request new features, or simply discuss things you'd like to see.

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Adam Romanek

7/22/25

Using a small piece of code in another open-source project without having to deal with licensing issues

Hi, (This is a copy of an issue I created in the project on GitHub: https://github.com/FactoryBoy/

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Using a small piece of code in another open-source project without having to deal with licensing issues

Hi, (This is a copy of an issue I created in the project on GitHub: https://github.com/FactoryBoy/

7/22/25

Braiam

5/8/23

Using and modifying Params for setting values

I have a specific use case for NumericRange() from psycopg. I need to both create, two numbers, where

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Using and modifying Params for setting values

I have a specific use case for NumericRange() from psycopg. I need to both create, two numbers, where

5/8/23

Raphaël Barrois

9/4/21

Re: [factoryboy] random.choice issue

On Saturday, 4 September 2021 04:12:55 CEST, roy cyril dosado wrote: > hi everyone, anyone know

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Re: [factoryboy] random.choice issue

On Saturday, 4 September 2021 04:12:55 CEST, roy cyril dosado wrote: > hi everyone, anyone know

9/4/21

SHIVA R

4/26/21

Revised Bench List

Good Morning, Wishing you are safe and healthy from IT Pindits Inc, we have well experienced

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Revised Bench List

Good Morning, Wishing you are safe and healthy from IT Pindits Inc, we have well experienced

4/26/21

SHIVA R

4/21/21

Revised Hotslist

Good Morning, Wishing you are safe and healthy from IT Pindits Inc, we have well experienced

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Revised Hotslist

Good Morning, Wishing you are safe and healthy from IT Pindits Inc, we have well experienced

4/21/21

Stuart Axon2

1/14/21

Customise build_batch ?

Silly me, I'd been away from factoryboy for a while and forgot I could just pass in the thing I

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Customise build_batch ?

Silly me, I'd been away from factoryboy for a while and forgot I could just pass in the thing I

1/14/21

Ester Beltrami, Raphaël Barrois2

10/3/20

Is FactoryBoy participating to Hacktoberfest?

Let's try it! I've heard lots of issues with spam though, so we might have to remove the tag

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Is FactoryBoy participating to Hacktoberfest?

Let's try it! I've heard lots of issues with spam though, so we might have to remove the tag

10/3/20

Raphaël Barrois

8/19/20

Feedback request - Simplifying the API through introspection

Hi, I've been thinking of some improvements for the way factory_boy handles declarations; and

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Feedback request - Simplifying the API through introspection

Hi, I've been thinking of some improvements for the way factory_boy handles declarations; and

8/19/20

David Felce

11/7/19

Recursive error in self-referencing SQLAlchemy model

Hi, I realise a similar question has been posed before (https://github.com/FactoryBoy/factory_boy/

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Recursive error in self-referencing SQLAlchemy model

Hi, I realise a similar question has been posed before (https://github.com/FactoryBoy/factory_boy/

11/7/19

Federico Bond, … Raphaël Barrois7

3/25/19

Need help triaging issues and reviewing PRs?

Awesome, thanks! I'll write a recipe as per your suggestion in https://github.com/FactoryBoy/

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Need help triaging issues and reviewing PRs?

Awesome, thanks! I'll write a recipe as per your suggestion in https://github.com/FactoryBoy/

3/25/19

graf...@gmail.com, Raphaël Barrois2

5/23/18

cannot import name models

On Wed, 23 May 2018 11:08:30 -0700 (PDT) graf...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I

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cannot import name models

On Wed, 23 May 2018 11:08:30 -0700 (PDT) graf...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I

5/23/18

Dave Fowler, Raphaël Barrois2

2/11/18

Hi, There was a big refactor recently, which changed many internals/private APIs, hence the issue you

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Hi, There was a big refactor recently, which changed many internals/private APIs, hence the issue you

2/11/18

Caio Ignatz

11/28/17

Generating Fuzzy attribute before each test

I'm creating test_cases( pytest ) to perform integration tests of my web-application using mainly

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Generating Fuzzy attribute before each test

I'm creating test_cases( pytest ) to perform integration tests of my web-application using mainly

11/28/17

David Binetti, Raphaël Barrois6

11/27/17

question on post_generation

actually, scratch that -- I'll just wait for the Trait feature. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 5:38 AM,

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question on post_generation

actually, scratch that -- I'll just wait for the Trait feature. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 5:38 AM,

11/27/17

Rahul Sarma3

6/17/17

Overriding _create classmethod

Edit (remove newline between classmethod and function def): @classmethod def _create(cls, model_class

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Overriding _create classmethod

Edit (remove newline between classmethod and function def): @classmethod def _create(cls, model_class

6/17/17

Jaysinh Shukla, Raphaël Barrois2

8/25/16

Using create_batch method of factory.django.DjangoModelFactory with multiprocessing

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:31:46 +0530 Jaysinh Shukla <jays...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello

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Using create_batch method of factory.django.DjangoModelFactory with multiprocessing

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:31:46 +0530 Jaysinh Shukla <jays...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello

8/25/16

dwil...@gmail.com, Raphaël Barrois3

8/23/16

Populating a non-nullable Django OneToOne field with a method

Thanks for the response. Overriding the _create method was exactly what I was looking for. This is

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Populating a non-nullable Django OneToOne field with a method

Thanks for the response. Overriding the _create method was exactly what I was looking for. This is

8/23/16

dbin...@gmail.com, … Raphaël Barrois3

7/8/16

Best practice on deep relationships

On Thu, 19 May 2016 09:18:30 -0700 (PDT) dbin...@gmail.com wrote: > Greetings, I have a schema

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Best practice on deep relationships

On Thu, 19 May 2016 09:18:30 -0700 (PDT) dbin...@gmail.com wrote: > Greetings, I have a schema

7/8/16

Jim Ferrara, Raphaël Barrois3

6/1/16

Separate files: Factories & Tests

Raphaël - Thanks for your reply. I ultimately did figure it out - the separate file from which I

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Separate files: Factories & Tests

Raphaël - Thanks for your reply. I ultimately did figure it out - the separate file from which I

6/1/16

Raphaël Barrois

4/19/16

Announce: Release of factory_boy 2.7.0

Hello all, We're pleased to announce a new release of factory_boy, version 2.7.0. This release

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Announce: Release of factory_boy 2.7.0

Hello all, We're pleased to announce a new release of factory_boy, version 2.7.0. This release

4/19/16

Rich Rauenzahn, … Rich Rauenzahn4

4/6/16

Initializing foreign key value via parent factory argument

Yes, I think it would! Thank you! Rich On 4/6/2016 2:50 AM, Raphaël Barrois wrote: > Hi, > >

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Initializing foreign key value via parent factory argument

Yes, I think it would! Thank you! Rich On 4/6/2016 2:50 AM, Raphaël Barrois wrote: > Hi, > >

4/6/16