Populate a database with data from Factory Girl.

pictures.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :picture do
    image { File.open(File.join(Rails.root, 'spec', 'support', 'pictures', 'spec.png')) }
  end
end

populate.rake

require 'factory_girl'

namespace :db do
  desc "Populate the dev database with some sample data"
  task :populate, [:count] => [:environment] do |t, args|
    args.with_defaults(:count => 10)
    puts "Resetting the database"
    Rake::Task['db:reset'].invoke
    puts "Creating #{args[:count]} users"
    new_users = FactoryGirl.create_list(:user, args[:count].to_i)
    puts "Creating a product for each user"
    new_users.each_with_index do |u|
      FactoryGirl.create(:product, :user_id => u.id)
    end
    puts "Done!"
  end
end

products.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :product do
    name "a thing"
    price "420"
    description "blah blah blah"
    slug "a-thing"
    before(:create) {|p| FactoryGirl.create(:picture, :attachable => p) }
    user
  end
end

users.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    sequence(:email) {|n| "person-#{n}@okfoc.us" }
    firstname "tester"
    sequence(:lastname) {|n| "cool #{n}" }
    password "password"
    sequence(:username) {|n| "foo-#{n}" }
  end
end