Sketch Data Faker enables you to insert random, yet predictable content into your Sketch files. You can specify what type of content to insert for each layer.
You can choose from 130+ types of data including Full Name, Email Address, Telephone, Paragraph, etc
It will insert a random version of that data into the layer that you specify
You can refresh that layer over and over to get a different version of that same type of data
It also works inside symbols. This means one duplicated symbol can have different random content of the same type (i.e. creating a list of names in a table)
It also works with symbols imported from Sketch Libraries
There are 2 ways to use it: Manual and Automatic (Recommended)
In manual mode, you select one of the default types of data that Sketch Data Faker has made available in the dropdown menu. No setup/changes to your Sketch file needed, but there are only a few types of data available
In automatic mode, you can insert much more data - over 130 types of data, by renaming your text layer with the name of the content you want. Refer to the chart below for the names to use.
Using Manual Mode
To use manual mode, right-click on a text layer. Inside the Data Feeds menu that, look for Sketch Data Faker.
Inside there you can choose the type of data you want to insert into your layer. For example if you choose Full Name, your layer will now be replaced with a random full name (i.e. Jane Doe).
The layer text will be replaced with whatever type of data you chose.
It's now linked up permanently and good to go, so you can refresh the data to get different content of the same type
It also works inside symbols and library imports, offering unique content for each layer
Using Automatic Mode (Recommended)
In automatic mode you first rename your layer to tell the plugin what type of data you want to receive (see the chart below for all the data types you can use).
Then, you right-click on the layer and go to the Data Feeds menu, and inside Sketch Data Faker, choose the Auto (Layer Name) option. This tells the plugin to read your layer name and insert that type of data. You only need to do this once per layer and you can do it to multiple layers at the same time
Your layer text will now be replaced with data matching what you asked for
You can refresh to get different content of the same type
It also works inside symbols and library imports, offering unique content for each layer
Automatic Mode Content Types
The chart below has the data types (i.e. address.zipCode) that you can choose from.
Make sure to use the exact spelling including capitalization and the "."
Quick examples:
To insert a US Zip Code, rename your text layer address.zipCode
To insert a Street Name, rename your text layer address.streetName
To insert a random sentence, rename your text layer lorem.sentence
To insert a Company Name, rename your text layer company.companyName
To insert a Domain Name, rename your text layer internet.domainName
There are words, colours, cities, states, prices, product names, verbs, adjectives, catch phrases, buzzwords, and more.
Layer Renaming Helper
If you want help renaming your layers, Sketch Data Faker provides a menu inside the Sketch Plugin menuitem that will allow you to change your layer names without typing:
In Sketch, select the layer(s) you want to rename
Go to Plugins -> Sketch Data Faker -> Set Layer Name and choose the type of content you want to insert into that layer
2b. You can repeat this process for all layers you want to insert new content into
With the layers still selected in Sketch, set the data source* Data -> Sketch Data Faker -> Auto (Layer name)
Watch as all your selected layers get replaced with new content!
*You can find the Data menu either by: Right-click on a selected layer, Control-click on a selected layer, from the Layer menu item in Sketch
Full List of Available Content
You can name your layer to of these Layer Names below. Remember to follow the category.type format (i.e. address.city, not just city).
Addresses
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
US ZipCpde
address.zipCode
"90210"
Text
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City
address.city
"East Zelmatown"
Text
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City Prefix
address.cityPrefix
"New", "North"
Text
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City Suffix
address.citySuffix
"land", "ton", "shire"
Text
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Street Name
address.streetName
"Jeromy Drive"
Text
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Street Address
address.streetAddress
"29530 Abbott Point"
Text
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Street Suffix
address.streetSuffix
"Isle" , "Way", "Square"
Text
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Street Preffix
address.streetPrefix
"a", "b", "c"
Text
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Secondary Address
address.secondaryAddress
"Apt. 165"
Text
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County
address.county
"Cambridgeshire"
Text
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Country
address.country
"Bangladesh", "Cuba"
Text
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Country Code
address.countryCode
"CA", "US" , "SL"
Text
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State
address.state
"Wisconsin", "Ohio"
Text
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State Abbr
address.stateAbbr
"WI", "IN"
Text
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Latitude
address.latitude
"0.2228"
Text
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Longitude
address.longitude
"112.5458"
Text
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Product Names and Descriptions
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Colo(u)r
commerce.color
"mint green", "gold"
Text
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Department
commerce.department
"Shoes", "Tools", "Beauty"
Text
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Product Name
commerce.productName
"Licensed Soft Keyboard"
Text
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Price
commerce.price
"192.00", "681.00"
Text
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Product Adjective
commerce.productAdjective
"Fantastic", "Handmade"
Text
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Product Material
commerce.productMaterial
"Plastic", "Granite"
Text
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Product
commerce.product
"Tuna", "Gloves", "Soap"
Text
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Company Names and Descriptions
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Company Suffixes
company.suffixes
"Inc,and Sons,LLC,Group"
Text
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Company Name
company.companyName
"Harvey Group"
Text
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Company Suffix
company.companySuffix
"Inc", "LLC"
Text
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Catch Phrase
company.catchPhrase
"Down-sized analyzing toolset"
Text
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BS Phrase
company.bs
"seamless synergize e-commerce"
Text
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Adjective
company.catchPhraseAdjective
"Ergonomic", "Integrated"
Text
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Descriptor
company.catchPhraseDescriptor
"tertiary" , "holistic", "intangible"
Text
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Noun
company.catchPhraseNoun
"collaboration", "throughput"
Text
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BS Adjective
company.bsAdjective
"efficient", "global"
Text
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Buzz
company.bsBuzz
"grow", "expedite", "drive"
Text
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Noun
company.bsNoun
"convergence", "content", "e-commerce"
Text
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Database
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Database Column
database.column
"createdAt", "category"
Text
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Database Type
database.type
"boolean", "tinyint", "time"
Text
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Database Collation
database.collation
"utf8_unicode_ci", "utf8_bin"
Text
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Database Engine
database.engine
"InnoDB", "CVS"
Text
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Dates
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Past Full Date
date.past
"Sun Feb 18 2018 11:12:04 GMT+0100 (CET)"
Text
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Future Full Date
date.future
"Thu Jan 17 2020 04:00:24 GMT+0100 (CET)"
Text
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Recent Full Date
date.recent
"Sat Nov 24 2018 19:59:37 GMT+0100 (CET)"
Text
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Month
date.month
"October"
Text
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Weekday
date.weekday
"Thursday"
Text
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Finance
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Account Number
finance.account
"54352123"
Text
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Account Name/Type
finance.accountName
"Savings Account"
Text
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Last 4
finance.mask
"7577", "2558"
Text
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Amount
finance.amount
"690.53", "946.42"
Text
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Transaction Type
finance.transactionType
"payment" , deposit"
Text
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Currency Code
finance.currencyCode
"SYP", "USD", "CAD"
Text
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Currency Name
finance.currencyName
"Turkish Lira", "Nuevo Sol"
Text
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Currency Symbol
finance.currencySymbol
"$", "ден", "﷼", "$U"
Text
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Bitcoin Address
finance.bitcoinAddress
"1MBD5F25RM4J0SO7IFLK9K6JXZGUZ"
Text
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iban
finance.iban
"CH65279625495775545L7"
Text
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bic
finance.bic
"HBMOHMJ1"
Text
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Computers
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Abbreviation
hacker.abbreviation
"FTP", "RAM", "SQL"
Text
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Adjective
hacker.adjective
"solid state", "back-end"
Text
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Noun
hacker.noun
"driver", "system"
Text
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Verb
hacker.verb
"quantify", "input"
Text
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ing-verb
hacker.ingverb
"calculating", "backing up"
Text
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Hacker Phrase
hacker.phrase
"Use the online AGP system, then you can hack the haptic card!"
"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.1)"
Text
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Colo(u)r
internet.color
"#3d5e37"
Text
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MAC Address
internet.mac
"fb:d0:06:f8:b0:c8"
Text
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Password
internet.password
"gO40I5BVEUfetWO", "kUrNsxJa3yXoYr_"
Text
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Lorem
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Word
lorem.word
"rerum"
Text
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Words
lorem.words
"sed sapiente rerum"
Text
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Sentence
lorem.sentence
"Itaque quia temporibus odio deserunt."
Text
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Slug
lorem.slug
"voluptas-qui-eius"
Text
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Sentences
lorem.sentences
"Vitae sint tenetur porro odit id earum. Consequatur blanditiis sit voluptate doloribus quis eligendi repudiandae voluptatibus nihil. Dolor omnis magni reiciendis voluptatum asperiores tempora. Velit animi distinctio illum quisquam."
Text
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Paragraph
lorem.paragraph
"Amet praesentium magni quia voluptas nam molestias itaque consequatur. Iste minima voluptatum incidunt accusamus. Aut neque suscipit vel ratione nihil itaque."
Text
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Paragraphs
lorem.paragraphs
"Amet laudantium eius distinctio molestiae est aliquid aut nesciunt est. Deleniti atque ab. Quasi officia dicta aut. Vel sunt sed occaecati ipsam placeat est a quia. Doloremque aliquam aperiam qui sit officia reprehenderit repellendus id quae. Enim sed id quos ut debitis explicabo sunt necessitatibus cupiditate. Vero aut sunt est. Impedit quis incidunt eum reprehenderit est qui enim sint. Blanditiis consequuntur dolorum vitae aut autem atque ratione. Ea qui dolorem. Ratione reprehenderit amet quia tempore temporibus deserunt. Ipsam ducimus adipisci occaecati. Inventore totam eveniet asperiores sit voluptatem aut rem impedit. Sunt sunt aspernatur ad incidunt exercitationem fuga. Hic excepturi quis omnis ipsum a reprehenderit modi odit vel. Aliquam eos rerum."
Text
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Text
lorem.text
"Aut iste libero unde."
Text
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Lines
lorem.lines
"Et placeat nisi rem ut vitae sed dolore."
Text
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Names and Job Titles
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
First Name
name.firstName
"Jakayla", "Sally"
Text
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Last Name
name.lastName
"Pollich", "Schuppe"
Text
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Full Name
name.findName
"7577", "2558"
Text
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Job Title
name.jobTitle
"Direct Web Developer"
Text
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Prefix
name.prefix
"Mr." , Miss"
Text
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Suffix
name.suffix
"II"
Text
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Title
name.title
"Dynamic Identity Liaison"
Text
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Job Descriptor
name.jobDescriptor
"Dynamic", "National"
Text
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Job Area
name.jobArea
"Security", "Functionality"
Text
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Job Type
name.jobType
"Agent", "Architect"
Text
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Phone Numbers
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Phone Number
phone.phoneNumber
"226.634.3129 x7019"
Text
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North America Phone Number
phone.phoneNumberFormat
"994-651-4933"
Text
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Phone Formats
phone.phoneFormats
"###.###.####", "1-###-###-#### x####"
Text
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Random
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
Random Number
random.number
"49109"
Text
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uuid
random.uuid
"f41c75fd-c540-4727-b5df-db7ead603a83"
Text
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boolean
random.boolean
"true", "false"
Text
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Random word
random.word
"Avon", "magnetic"
Text
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Random words
random.words
"6th generation", "matrix Myanmar auxiliary"
Text
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Locale
random.locale
"en_US", "zh_CN"
Text
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Random Letter or Number
random.alphaNumeric
"j", "4"
Text
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Files
Name
Layer Name
Example Data
Data Type
Data Source
File Name
system.fileName
"planner_ftp_bedfordshire.u32"
Text
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Common File Name
system.commonFileName
"back_end_3rd_generation_chief.mp4"
Text
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MIME Type
system.mimeType
"application/x-java-jnlp-file"
Text
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Common File Type
system.commonFileType
"image", "video"
Text
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File Extension
system.fileExt
"onepkg", "pls"
Text
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Common File Ext
system.commonFileExt
"mp4", "jpeg"
Text
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File Type
system.fileType
"image", "font"
Text
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Version
system.semver
"2.6.9"
Text
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Localization / Translations
Sketch Data Faker supports localization on all text strings, where Faker.js also supports it. In order to set a layer to a specific language or locale, append |xx to the end where xx is the local code.
For example, if you want a First Name to be German, you would use name.firstName|de as your layer name. If you want the product name to be in Canadian English, you would use commerce.productName|en_CA.
See the full list of locales below. Note that Sketch Data Faker will fall back to English if the locale code is wrong or if there is no available translation for that term.
List of Locales
az
cz
de
de_AT
de_CH
en
en_AU
en_BORK
en_CA
en_GB
en_IE
en_IND
en_US
en_ZA
en_au_ocker
es
es_MX
fa
fr
fr_CA
ge
id_ID
it
ja
ko
nb_NO
nep
nl
pl
pt_BR
pt_PT
ru
sk
sv
tr
uk
vi
zh_CN
zh_TW
Changelog
0.7.0 - Bring back ability to use in Symbols imported from Libraries
0.6.1 - Revert work on library imports in order to fix bug with symbols
0.6 - Use on text layers as part of library imports
0.4 - New Feautre: i18n
0.2.1 - New Feature: Layer renaming helper in plugin menu