Create an example seeder with model factories

database/factories/CategoryFactory.php

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+<?php
+
+use Faker\Generator as Faker;
+
+$factory->define(\App\Models\Category::class, function (Faker $faker) {
+
+    $user = \App\Models\User::first();
+
+    if (empty($user)) {
+        throw new Exception('Users need to be generated prior to generating categories.');
+    }
+
+    // Select a parent category with a propability of 30%
+    $has_parent = $faker->boolean(30);
+
+    if ($has_parent && \App\Models\Category::parentOnly()->count() > 0) {
+        $parent_category = \App\Models\Category::parentOnly()->inRandomOrder()->first()->id;
+    }
+
+    return [
+        'user_id' => $user->id,
+        'name' => ucwords($faker->words(random_int(1, 2), true)),
+        'description' => random_int(0, 1) ? $faker->sentences(random_int(1, 2), true) : null,
+        'parent_category' => $parent_category ?? null,
+        'is_private' => $faker->boolean(10),
+    ];
+});

database/factories/LinkFactory.php

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+<?php
+
+use Faker\Generator as Faker;
+
+$factory->define(\App\Models\Link::class, function (Faker $faker) {
+
+    $user = \App\Models\User::first();
+
+    if (empty($user)) {
+        throw new Exception('Users need to be generated prior to generating links.');
+    }
+
+    // Select a category with a propability of 70%
+    $has_category = $faker->boolean(70);
+    if ($has_category && \App\Models\Category::count() > 0) {
+        $category = \App\Models\Category::inRandomOrder()->first()->id;
+    }
+
+    return [
+        'user_id' => $user->id,
+        'category_id' => $category ?? null,
+        'url' => $faker->url,
+        'title' => $faker->boolean(70) ? $faker->words(random_int(1, 5), true) : $faker->domainName,
+        'description' => $faker->boolean(70) ? $faker->sentences(random_int(1, 3), true) : null,
+        'is_private' => $faker->boolean(10),
+    ];
+});

database/factories/TagFactory.php

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+<?php
+
+use Faker\Generator as Faker;
+
+$factory->define(\App\Models\Tag::class, function (Faker $faker) {
+
+    $user = \App\Models\User::first();
+
+    if (empty($user)) {
+        throw new Exception('Users need to be generated prior to generating tags.');
+    }
+
+    return [
+        'user_id' => $user->id,
+        'name' => $faker->words(random_int(1, 3), true),
+        'is_private' => $faker->boolean(10),
+    ];
+});

database/factories/UserFactory.php

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 |
 */
 
-$factory->define(App\User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
+$factory->define(App\Models\User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
     return [
-        'name' => $faker->name,
+        'name' => $faker->userName,
         'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
         'password' => '$2y$10$TKh8H1.PfQx37YgCzwiKb.KjNyWgaHb9cbcoQgdIVFlYg7B77UdFm', // secret
         'remember_token' => str_random(10),

database/seeds/ExampleSeeder.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+
+class ExampleSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the database seeds.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        // Generate users, categories and tags
+        factory(\App\Models\User::class, 1)->create();
+        factory(\App\Models\Category::class, 10)->create();
+        factory(\App\Models\Category::class, 10)->create(); // Generate some child categories
+        $tags = factory(\App\Models\Tag::class, 30)->create();
+
+        // Generate links and attach tags to them
+        factory(\App\Models\Link::class, 50)->create()->each(function (\App\Models\Link $link) use ($tags) {
+            if (random_int(0, 1)) {
+                // Attach a random number of tags to the link
+                $link->tags()->sync($tags->random(random_int(1, 30))->pluck('id'));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}