Faker: Faker translations missing when seeding data

Created on 6 Dec 2014 · 6Comments · Source: faker-ruby/faker

Rails version: 4.1.7
Ruby version: 2.1.4
Faker version: 1.4.3

I am attempting to use Faker to generate seed data, which keeps failing.

At first I was seeing the following error: NameError: uninitialized constant Faker

So I added a require 'faker' to the top of my seeds.rb file which resolved that issue.

However it doesn't seem to be able to find any of the translations:

rake aborted! I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.faker.lorem.words

Everything works fine in my RSpec tests with Faker, just when it comes to seeding data there seems to be issues.

Here is the stack trace:

** Invoke db:seed (first_time)
** Execute db:seed
** Invoke db:abort_if_pending_migrations (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Execute db:abort_if_pending_migrations
rake aborted!
I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.faker.lorem.words
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/i18n-0.6.11/lib/i18n.rb:314:in `handle_exception'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/i18n-0.6.11/lib/i18n.rb:160:in `translate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker.rb:128:in `rescue in translate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker.rb:120:in `translate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:12:in `words'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:30:in `sentence'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:36:in `block (2 levels) in sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:35:in `upto'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:35:in `block in sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:34:in `tap'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:34:in `sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:42:in `paragraph'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/spec/fabricators/admin_user_audit_fabricator.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:40:in `instance_exec'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:40:in `execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:28:in `processed_value'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:102:in `block in process_attributes'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:101:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:101:in `process_attributes'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:6:in `build'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:20:in `create'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:75:in `block in fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:74:in `instance_eval'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:74:in `fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabricate.rb:29:in `create'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication.rb:62:in `Fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `block in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `times'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `block in load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:232:in `load_dependency'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/railties-4.1.7/lib/rails/engine.rb:543:in `load_seed'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activerecord-4.1.7/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:184:in `load_seed'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activerecord-4.1.7/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:174:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:240:in `call'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:240:in `block in execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:235:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:235:in `execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:179:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.4/lib/ruby/2.1.0/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:172:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:165:in `invoke'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:156:in `invoke_task'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `block (2 levels) in top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `block in top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:121:in `run_with_threads'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:106:in `top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:84:in `block in run'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:182:in `standard_exception_handling'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:79:in `run'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/bin/rake:33:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/rake:23:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/rake:23:in `<main>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'
I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.faker.lorem.words
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/i18n-0.6.11/lib/i18n.rb:314:in `handle_exception'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/i18n-0.6.11/lib/i18n.rb:160:in `translate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker.rb:123:in `translate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:12:in `words'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:30:in `sentence'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:36:in `block (2 levels) in sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:35:in `upto'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:35:in `block in sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:34:in `tap'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:34:in `sentences'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/faker-1.4.3/lib/faker/lorem.rb:42:in `paragraph'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/spec/fabricators/admin_user_audit_fabricator.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:40:in `instance_exec'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:40:in `execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/attribute.rb:28:in `processed_value'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:102:in `block in process_attributes'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:101:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:101:in `process_attributes'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:6:in `build'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/generator/base.rb:20:in `create'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:75:in `block in fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:74:in `instance_eval'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication/schematic/definition.rb:74:in `fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabricate.rb:29:in `create'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/fabrication-2.11.3/lib/fabrication.rb:62:in `Fabricate'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `block in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `times'
/Users/gregorygrillone/Documents/personal_site/db/seeds.rb:14:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `block in load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:232:in `load_dependency'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activesupport-4.1.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/railties-4.1.7/lib/rails/engine.rb:543:in `load_seed'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activerecord-4.1.7/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:184:in `load_seed'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/activerecord-4.1.7/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:174:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:240:in `call'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:240:in `block in execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:235:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:235:in `execute'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:179:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.4/lib/ruby/2.1.0/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:172:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/task.rb:165:in `invoke'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:156:in `invoke_task'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `block (2 levels) in top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `each'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:in `block in top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:121:in `run_with_threads'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:106:in `top_level'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:84:in `block in run'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:182:in `standard_exception_handling'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/lib/rake/application.rb:79:in `run'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/gems/rake-10.4.0/bin/rake:33:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/rake:23:in `load'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/rake:23:in `<main>'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
/Users/gregorygrillone/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'
Tasks: TOP => db:seed

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ggrillone

Most helpful comment

I get this too, FWIW, and I18n.reload! does the trick.

turboladen on 20 Sep 2016

👍6

All 6 comments

I was exploring older issues and came across: https://github.com/stympy/faker/issues/5

So I added I18n.reload! right after require 'faker', which resolved the above issue. Is this something new that is required to have? Just wondering because in other projects where I am using Faker I have never needed to add require 'faker' or I18n.reload!

ggrillone on 6 Dec 2014

👍2

I am seeing the same issue on multiple machines for multiple devs. We are trying to use Faker from the console to create a bunch of fake development data real fast. Seeing similar messages:

I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.faker.blah.blah

For us, typing:

[4] pry(main)> require 'faker'
=> true
[5] pry(main)> I18n.reload!
=> nil
[6] pry(main)>

...seems to work. Why isn't this just part of Faker when it loads?

[9] pry(main)> Faker::VERSION
=> "1.4.3"
[10] pry(main)> Rails.version
=> "4.1.4"
[11] pry(main)>

karlwilbur on 27 Mar 2015

This appears to be a duplicate of #278

karlwilbur on 27 Mar 2015

I get this too, FWIW, and I18n.reload! does the trick.

turboladen on 20 Sep 2016

👍6

I'm closing this issue because it's pretty old and it seems that you guys have already found the solution. Feel free to reopen this issue if you have a problem again in the future 👍