Random User Generator at https://randomuser.me/api returns realistic fake people — names, addresses, emails, photos — for seeding test data.
None — no key, no signup. Every example runs as-is.
Full reference: https://randomuser.me/documentation
curl "https://randomuser.me/api/?nat=us"{
"results": [
{
"gender": "female",
"name": {
"title": "Miss",
"first": "Josephine",
"last": "Sanders"
},
"location": {
"street": {
"number": 7770,
"name": "Brown Terrace"
},
"city": "Roanoke",
"state": "Nevada",
"country": "United States",
"postcode": 82278,
"coordinates": {
"latitude": "31.9529",
"longitude": "1.3014"
},
"timezone": {
"offset": "+5:00",
"description": "Ekaterinburg, Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent"
}
},
"email": "[email protected]",
"login": {
"uuid": "7d2bc0b8-c3f7-4efa-bf6d-5e4828ce7ea0",
"username": "ticklishfrog915",
"password": "guitars",
"salt": "o9E67PC0",
"md5": "f578f44448fcecd2c9909fa0de193c8f",
"sha1": "87167664a3dddac18082bb960f150f93cae8fb2b",
"sha256": "54fa4f43143993783c5311b2a3013d29c40f418a2026a364e4a682506b38b179"
},
"dob": {
"date": "1958-11-23T18:17:57.865Z",
"age": 67
},
"registered": {
"date": "2012-10-12T23:18:21.805Z",
"age": 13
},
"phone": "(688) 596-0008",
"cell": "(437) 949-5154",
"id": {
"name": "SSN",
"value": "145-42-5235"
},
"picture": {
"large": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/13.jpg",
"medium": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/med/women/13.jpg",
"thumbnail": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/thumb/women/13.jpg"
},
"nat": "US"
}
],
"info": {
"seed": "43b455f75771083b",
"results": 1,
"page": 1,
"version": "1.4"
}
}inc keeps only the fields you list; the same seed always returns the same people.
curl "https://randomuser.me/api/?results=2&inc=name,email,location&seed=posttaco"{
"results": [
{
"name": {
"title": "Miss",
"first": "Tammy",
"last": "Jacobs"
},
"location": {
"street": {
"number": 7323,
"name": "Victoria Street"
},
"city": "Nottingham",
"state": "Shropshire",
"country": "United Kingdom",
"postcode": "RM36 1UQ",
"coordinates": {
"latitude": "-10.0514",
"longitude": "14.5655"
},
"timezone": {
"offset": "-5:00",
"description": "Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima"
}
},
"email": "[email protected]"
},
{
"name": {
"title": "Ms",
"first": "Faith",
"last": "Odonoghue"
},
"location": {
"street": {
"number": 3859,
"name": "Jones Road"
},
"city": "Athlone",
"state": "Louth",
"country": "Ireland",
"postcode": 92085,
"coordinates": {
"latitude": "35.1238",
"longitude": "-40.6675"
},
"timezone": {
"offset": "+11:00",
"description": "Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia"
}
},
"email": "[email protected]"
}
],
"info": {
"seed": "posttaco",
"results": 2,
"page": 1,
"version": "1.4"
}
}