About Mimesis¶
Features¶
The key features are:
Easy: Mimesis offers a simple design and clear documentation for easy data generation.
Multilingual: Mimesis can generate data in multiple languages.
Performance: Widely recognized as the fastest data generator among Python solutions.
Data variety: Mimesis includes various data providers for names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates, and more, catering to different use cases.
Country-specific data: Mimesis supports country-specific data providers for generating region-specific data.
Extensibility: You can extend Mimesis by creating and integrating your own data providers.
Generic data provider: Mimesis provides a single object that grants easy access to all available data providers in the library.
Zero hard dependencies: Mimesis has no hard dependencies, eliminating the need for additional third-party libraries.
Schema-based generators: Mimesis offers schema-based data generators to effortlessly produce data of any complexity.
What Mimesis is?¶
Mimesis provides a perfect solution for generating data. It effectively populates databases, creates intricate JSON/XML files, anonymizes productive service data, and generating high-quality Pandas dataframes. If you require these functions, Mimesis is the ideal tool for you.
What Mimesis is Not?¶
Mimesis was not created as an object factory intended for use with a specific database or ORM (e.g., Django ORM, SQLAlchemy, etc.). However, this does not mean that it cannot be used with an ORM. In fact, it can be easily integrated with an ORM using third-party libraries like mimesis-factory or others.
What is the fake data?¶
Fake data refers to data that is not useful or sensitive, but is used to occupy a space where real data is typically located. This type of data can act as a placeholder for both testing and operational purposes. In testing, it can also serve as stubs or placeholders.
What does name mean?¶
Mimesis (/maɪˈmiːsəs/; Ancient Greek: μίμησις (mīmēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mīmeisthai), “to imitate”, from μῖμος (mimos), “imitator, actor”) is a term of critical and philosophical significance, rooted in Ancient Greek, with various connotations such as imitation, representation, mimicry, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, resemblance, expression, and the presentation of the self.
Why octopus?¶
Octopuses are fascinating creatures, and some families of octopuses have incredible mimicry abilities. Thaumoctopus mimicus is a particularly impressive example, and if you haven’t heard of it yet, you should definitely read up on this remarkable species.
I mean, look at this badass mf!
Performance¶
Below you can see the result of performance comparison of Mimesis and Faker:
Generating 10k full names¶
Library |
Method name |
Iterations |
Uniqueness |
Runtime (in seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mimesis |
10 000 |
9988 (99.88%) |
0.137 |
|
Faker |
Faker.name() |
10 000 |
9363 (93.63%) |
1.758 |
Generating 100k full names¶
Library |
Method name |
Iterations |
Uniqueness |
Runtime (in seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mimesis |
100 000 |
98 265 (98.27%) |
1.344 |
|
Faker |
Faker.name() |
100 000 |
71 067 (71.07%) |
17.375 |
Generating 1 million full names¶
Library |
Method name |
Iterations |
Uniqueness |
Runtime (in seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mimesis |
1 000 000 |
847 645 (84.76%) |
13.685 |
|
Faker |
Faker.name() |
1 000 000 |
330 166 (33.02%) |
185.945 |
