Guide to Seeding Mock Data for PostgreSQL Using Prisma and Snaplet Seed
Introduction @snaplet/seed is a highly powerful library that supports automatic mock data generation for databases based on the Prisma schema. Instead of manually writing hundreds of lines of complex insert code, @snaplet/seed automatically analyzes relations in the database to generate logical, consistent and data-integrity-assured data. Standout advantages include the ability to automatically reset the database, inherently understand foreign key constraints and support concise syntax for easily creating nested data structures. Prerequisites This article is used alongside Prisma in a NestJS project, I will not specifically mention how to set up Prisma anymore, you can review the previous article to have the necessary preparation before proceeding Detail First, install the package yarn add -D @snaplet/seed Then, add the following scripts to package.json { "scripts" : { "seed:init" : "npx @snaplet/seed init prisma/seed" , "seed:sync...
