How to instantly fill web forms with dummy data
Filling web forms is dull. It’s bad enough when you have to fill a page of boxes just to sign up for something. It’s much worse if you’re testing a website and have to do it over, and over, and over again.
Fake Data is a very simple Chrome extension which can automatically fill those annoying text boxes with dummy data.
To use the extension, hold down Alt and double-click a form field. Fake Data immediately fills the field with a random but realistic entry ("[email protected]", not just "dfgfdbbeb").
If you’re not happy with the entry, double-click it again to insert something else.
If a field isn’t recognized or the entry isn’t correct (maybe you get a name instead of an email address), right-click the field, select Fake Data and choose the data type you need.
Supported types are First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Company, Address, City, Country, State, Zip, Words, Sentence, Paragraph, Text.
Once you’ve manually selected a field type, Fake Data should automatically fill the field on future double-clicks.
Fake Data is fine for occasional use on just a few fields, but it’s relatively limited and there are far more powerful options available.
Form Filler is another Chrome extension designed to fill web forms with test data.
One big advantage of Form Filler is that it can fill all the fields in a page in a single operation, as well as the current form or field only. Just right-click the page, choose the option you need, and the relevant fields are filled with suitable data.
It’s not just about filling textboxes, either. Form Filler will also check boxes (or not), choose items in list boxes, and more.
There’s real intelligence here. If Form Filler spots a field with a “Confirm” caption, for example, it knows to repeat the data in the previous field. It pays attention to MAXLENGTH values, and understands that it’s wise to ignore CAPTCHA, hidden, disabled and read only fields.
The extension is also extremely configurable, with support for custom fields and generating dummy data based on a regular expression.
Form Filler is a free extension for Google Chrome.