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Random test data
Make up a strong password, a fake name, a safe test card number or a paragraph of filler text in a keystroke. Vokto copies it for you.
Skip the menus: type r: in the palette.
Commands
- Random Password
- A strong 20-character password, ready to paste
- Random Email
- A made-up email address for test sign-ups
- Random Phone
- A US number reserved for fiction, so it never rings anyone
- Random Address
- A US street address whose city, state and ZIP agree
- Random Test Card Number
- A payment provider’s official test card, never a real one
- Random UUID
- A unique ID for code, databases and config files
- Random Lorem Ipsum
- A paragraph of placeholder text
Testing a sign-up form means inventing a name, an email, a phone number and an address, again and again. Sometimes you just need a strong password right now. The randomizer makes one up and puts it on your clipboard, so you can paste it straight into the field.
Make something up
- Open the palette and type
r:to see every generator, or search for the one you want, likerandom email. - Press Enter. The value is copied.
- Paste it with ⌘ Cmd V, or Ctrl V on Windows and Linux.
A short message shows what you got. Long values, like a paragraph of filler text, are shortened in the message, but the whole thing is on your clipboard. Run the generator again for a fresh one.
Everything it can make
| Generator | What you get |
|---|---|
| Random Password | 20 characters: letters, digits and symbols |
| Random String | 16 letters and digits |
| Random UUID | A standard unique ID |
| Random Hex | 32 hexadecimal characters |
| Random Base64 | 32 random bytes in Base64 |
| Random Integer | A whole number from 1 to 1000 |
| Random Name | A first and last name |
| Random Email | A made-up email address |
| Random Username | Something like calm_fox42 |
| Random Phone | A US number from 555-0100 to 555-0199 |
| Random Date | A date between 2020 and 2026 |
| Random Birthdate | A birth date for someone aged 18 to 80 |
| Random Company | A company name |
| Random Address | A US street address with a matching ZIP code |
| Random Test Card Number | A test card number from a payment provider |
| Random VIN | A 17-character vehicle ID |
| Random Color | A hex color code |
| Random IPv4 | An IP address |
| Random MAC Address | A network hardware address |
| Random Port | A port number from 1024 to 65535 |
| Random Slug | A web-address-friendly phrase, three words long |
| Random Lorem Ipsum | A paragraph of placeholder text |
Passwords and other secrets
Random Password, Random String, Random Hex, Random Base64 and Random UUID use your browser’s secure randomness, so they’re fine for a real password or key. Everything else is test data. It only has to look believable.
Test data that won’t reach a real person
Forms often check what you type, so these are built to pass those checks without belonging to anyone:
- Card numbers are the published test numbers that payment providers such as Stripe, Braintree and Adyen accept in test mode. They’re never a random number that could turn out to be someone’s real card. The message also shows a future expiry date and a security code to type in, four digits for Amex. Only the number is copied.
- Phone numbers come from 555-0100 to 555-0199. That range is set aside for fiction in every US area code, so nobody gets a call.
- Addresses take their city, state and ZIP code from one real place, so a form that checks they belong together accepts them.
- VINs start with a real manufacturer code and carry a correct check digit.