This is how you add dummy users and image uploads with Faker. Install the gem by adding it to your gemfile:
gem ‘faker’, ‘1.1.2’
I made a folder called ‘sampleimages’ in my app and put a few different images in it. Next, I create a new ‘task’ under lib => tasks and call it populate.rake. I fill it with the following:
namespace :db do desc "Fill database with sample data" task populate: :environment do 10.times do |n| puts "[DEBUG] creating user #{n+1} of 10" name = Faker::Name.name email = "user-#{n+1}@example.com" password = "password" User.create!( name: name, email: email, password: password, password_confirmation: password) end User.all.each do |user| puts "[DEBUG] uploading images for user #{user.id} of #{User.last.id}" 10.times do |n| image = File.open(Dir.glob(File.join(Rails.root, 'sampleimages', '*')).sample) description = %w(cool awesome crazy wow adorbs incredible).sample user.pins.create!(image: image, description: description) end end end end
Lastly, I run $ rake db:populate and this makes my site look pretty awesome on development!