The Name generator is one of the Data Generators in ReadyAPI. It generates various human names and uses them in requests and responses.
To activate the Name generator, select the desired property and set the Property Type to Name:
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Parameters
After you have selected the Name generator, ReadyAPI offers you to specify some additional parameters for the generated data:
Gender
Contains a drop-down list that allows you to specify the gender of the names to be generated. The available items are: Male, Female and Any. The default value of the parameter is Any.
Name Kind
Contains a drop-down list that allows you to specify the type of the names to be generated. The available items are: FirstName, LastName and Full. The default value of the parameter is Full.
Duplicate Each Value … Time(s)
Specifies how many times each generated value will be duplicated. The default value of the parameter is False.
After you specify the needed parameters, you can obtain the sample values that have been generated by the engine. The values are displayed in the Sample field.
Also, you can discard all the changes you made in the generator’s parameters and restore the parameters set by default. To do that, click Set Default Values below the Sample field.