Auto-Seed: Smart Mock Data Generation

Intelligent mock data generation across all 4 database types with cross-DB relationship awareness

Generate realistic test data automatically for PostgreSQL, Vector, Graph, and Blockchain databases with full foreign key awareness and cross-database consistency.

✨ Features

• ✅ Foreign Key Intelligence - Automatically picks existing IDs for FK columns
• ✅ Cross-Database Aware - Maintains ID consistency across SQL/Vector/Graph/Blockchain
• ✅ Dependency Resolution - Automatically determines correct seed order using topological sort
• ✅ Realistic Data - Context-aware generation (emails, names, addresses, etc.)
• ✅ Reproducible - Seed support for consistent test data
• ✅ Locale Support - Generate region-specific data (en_US, fr_FR, etc.)
• ✅ 100% Test Coverage - 38/38 tests passing, strict TDD methodology

🚀 Quick Start

import { SeedOrchestrator } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const orchestrator = new SeedOrchestrator();

// Define your schema
const usersSchema = {
  dbType: 'sql',
  tableName: 'users',
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false, isPrimaryKey: true },
    { name: 'email', type: 'string', nullable: false },
    { name: 'name', type: 'string', nullable: false },
  ],
  primaryKeys: [],
  foreignKeys: [],
  uniqueConstraints: [],
};

// Seed 100 users
const result = await orchestrator.seedTable(usersSchema, 100);

console.log(result);
// {
//   tableName: 'users',
//   dbType: 'sql',
//   recordsCreated: 100,
//   duration: 45, // milliseconds
//   preview: [
//     { id: '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000', email: '[email protected]', name: 'John Doe' },
//     { id: '223e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174001', email: '[email protected]', name: 'Jane Smith' },
//     // ... first 5 records
//   ]
// }

📦 Components

1. SchemaAnalyzer

Analyzes table/collection schemas to detect constraints and relationships.

import { SchemaAnalyzer } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const analyzer = new SchemaAnalyzer();

// Detect primary keys
const primaryKeys = analyzer.detectPrimaryKeys(schema);

// Detect foreign keys
const foreignKeys = analyzer.detectForeignKeys(schema);

// Detect unique constraints
const constraints = analyzer.detectUniqueConstraints(schema);

// Works with all 4 DB types: SQL, Vector, Graph, Blockchain

2. DependencyGraph

Builds dependency graph and determines correct seed order.

import { DependencyGraph } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const graph = new DependencyGraph();

// Add tables
graph.addTable('users', usersSchema);
graph.addTable('posts', postsSchema);
graph.addTable('comments', commentsSchema);

// Get topological order (users → posts → comments)
const order = graph.getTopologicalOrder();
// ['users', 'posts', 'comments']

// Detect circular dependencies
const hasCycles = graph.hasCycles(); // false

3. CrossDBRegistry

Tracks generated IDs across all 4 database types for consistency.

import { CrossDBRegistry } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const registry = new CrossDBRegistry();

// Register IDs for SQL users
registry.registerID('users', 'sql', 'user-1');
registry.registerID('users', 'sql', 'user-2');

// When seeding Vector collection, pick random user ID
const userId = registry.getRandomID('users'); // 'user-1' or 'user-2'

// Ensure same user has same ID across all DBs
registry.registerID('user_embeddings', 'vector', 'emb-1');
registry.registerID('user_nodes', 'graph', 'user-1'); // Same ID!

4. SmartDataGenerator

Generates realistic data with context awareness and FK intelligence.

import { SmartDataGenerator } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const generator = new SmartDataGenerator();

// Context-aware generation
const emailColumn = { name: 'email', type: 'string', nullable: false };
const email = generator.generateValue(emailColumn, registry);
// '[email protected]'

const nameColumn = { name: 'name', type: 'string', nullable: false };
const name = generator.generateValue(nameColumn, registry);
// 'John Doe'

// FK-aware generation
const postsSchema = {
  // ... schema with user_id FK
  foreignKeys: [
    { columnName: 'user_id', referencedTable: 'users', referencedColumn: 'id' }
  ]
};

const post = generator.generateRecord(postsSchema, registry);
// { id: '...', user_id: 'user-1', title: '...' }
// user_id automatically picked from registry!

// Locale support
generator.setLocale('fr_FR'); // French cities, names, etc.

// Reproducible with seed
generator.setSeed(12345);

Supported column types:

• uuid → UUIDs
• string → Context-aware (email, name, phone, address, etc.)
• text → Paragraphs, descriptions
• integer, bigint, float, decimal → Numbers
• boolean → True/false
• date, timestamp → Dates
• json → JSON objects
• vector, embedding → Arrays of random numbers (configurable dimensions)

Context-aware column names:

• email → faker.internet.email()
• name, first_name, last_name → faker.person.*
• phone → faker.phone.number()
• address, city, country → faker.location.*
• title → faker.lorem.sentence()
• description, content → faker.lorem.paragraph()
• price, amount → faker.commerce.price()

5. SeedOrchestrator

Coordinates multi-table seeding with automatic dependency resolution.

import { SeedOrchestrator } from '@symbiosedb/auto-seed';

const orchestrator = new SeedOrchestrator();

// Seed multiple tables in correct order
const results = await orchestrator.seedMultipleTables([
  { tableName: 'comments', dbType: 'sql', count: 100, schema: commentsSchema },
  { tableName: 'users', dbType: 'sql', count: 10, schema: usersSchema },
  { tableName: 'posts', dbType: 'sql', count: 50, schema: postsSchema },
]);

// Automatically seeds in order: users → posts → comments
// results[0].tableName === 'users'
// results[1].tableName === 'posts'
// results[2].tableName === 'comments'

// Seed with related tables automatically
orchestrator.registerSchema(usersSchema);
orchestrator.registerSchema(postsSchema);

const results = await orchestrator.seedRelatedTables(postsSchema, 20);
// Automatically seeds users first, then posts

// Options
await orchestrator.seedTable(schema, 100, {
  locale: 'fr_FR',  // French data
  seed: 12345,      // Reproducible
  reset: true,      // Clear existing data first
});

🔗 Cross-Database Seeding

Auto-Seed intelligently handles relationships across all 4 database types:

// SQL: users table
const usersSchema = {
  dbType: 'sql',
  tableName: 'users',
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false, isPrimaryKey: true },
    { name: 'name', type: 'string', nullable: false },
  ],
  primaryKeys: [],
  foreignKeys: [],
  uniqueConstraints: [],
};

// Vector: user embeddings (references SQL users)
const embeddingsSchema = {
  dbType: 'vector',
  tableName: 'user_embeddings',
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false, isPrimaryKey: true },
    { name: 'user_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false }, // Cross-DB FK!
    { name: 'embedding', type: 'vector', nullable: false, dimensions: 128 },
  ],
  primaryKeys: [],
  foreignKeys: [
    {
      columnName: 'user_id',
      referencedTable: 'users',
      referencedColumn: 'id',
      referencedDBType: 'sql', // Cross-DB reference!
    },
  ],
  uniqueConstraints: [],
};

// Graph: user nodes (same IDs as SQL)
const userNodesSchema = {
  dbType: 'graph',
  tableName: 'user_nodes',
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false, isPrimaryKey: true },
    { name: 'label', type: 'string', nullable: false },
  ],
  primaryKeys: [],
  foreignKeys: [],
  uniqueConstraints: [],
};

// Blockchain: user creation attestations
const attestationsSchema = {
  dbType: 'blockchain',
  tableName: 'user_attestations',
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false, isPrimaryKey: true },
    { name: 'user_id', type: 'uuid', nullable: false },
    { name: 'hash', type: 'string', nullable: false },
  ],
  primaryKeys: [],
  foreignKeys: [],
  uniqueConstraints: [],
};

// Seed all 4 DBs with consistent IDs
const results = await orchestrator.seedMultipleTables([
  { tableName: 'users', dbType: 'sql', count: 10, schema: usersSchema },
  { tableName: 'user_embeddings', dbType: 'vector', count: 10, schema: embeddingsSchema },
  { tableName: 'user_nodes', dbType: 'graph', count: 10, schema: userNodesSchema },
  { tableName: 'user_attestations', dbType: 'blockchain', count: 10, schema: attestationsSchema },
]);

// Result:
// - 10 users in SQL with IDs: user-1, user-2, ..., user-10
// - 10 embeddings in Vector with user_id referencing user-1 to user-10
// - 10 nodes in Graph with same IDs: user-1, user-2, ..., user-10
// - 10 attestations in Blockchain referencing user-1 to user-10
// All have consistent IDs across all 4 databases!

📊 Test Coverage

44/44 tests passing (100%)

| Component | Tests | Status | |-----------|-------|--------| | SchemaAnalyzer | 8 | ✅ | | DependencyGraph | 5 | ✅ | | CrossDBRegistry | 6 | ✅ | | SmartDataGenerator | 10 | ✅ | | SeedOrchestrator | 9 | ✅ | | Integration Tests | 6 | ✅ | | Total | 44 | ✅ |

All tests follow strict TDD methodology (RED → GREEN → REFACTOR).

🔗 Integration Testing

The Auto-Seed system includes comprehensive integration tests that verify cross-database seeding scenarios:

SQL + Vector Integration

// Seed SQL users, then Vector embeddings with matching user_id FKs
await orchestrator.seedTable(usersSchema, 10);
await orchestrator.seedTable(embeddingsSchema, 10);
// ✅ All embeddings reference valid user IDs from SQL table

SQL + Graph Integration

// Seed SQL users, then Graph nodes with same user IDs
await orchestrator.seedTable(usersSchema, 5);
await orchestrator.seedTable(graphNodesSchema, 5);
// ✅ All graph nodes use same user IDs as SQL table

SQL + Blockchain Integration

// Seed SQL transactions, then Blockchain attestations
await orchestrator.seedTable(transactionsSchema, 20);
await orchestrator.seedTable(attestationsSchema, 20);
// ✅ All attestations reference valid transaction IDs

All 4 DB Types Integration

// Seed users across all 4 database types with consistent IDs
await orchestrator.seedTable(sqlUsersSchema, 5);        // SQL
await orchestrator.seedTable(vectorEmbeddings, 5);      // Vector
await orchestrator.seedTable(graphNodes, 5);            // Graph
await orchestrator.seedTable(blockchainAttestations, 5); // Blockchain
// ✅ Same user IDs across ALL 4 databases

Complex FK Constraints

// departments → employees → tasks (3-level FK chain)
await orchestrator.seedTable(departmentsSchema, 3);  // 3 departments
await orchestrator.seedTable(employeesSchema, 10);   // 10 employees
await orchestrator.seedTable(tasksSchema, 20);       // 20 tasks
// ✅ FK integrity maintained: tasks → employees → departments

Circular Dependency Detection

// table_a references table_b, table_b references table_a
orchestrator.registerSchema(tableASchema);
orchestrator.registerSchema(tableBSchema);

const graph = orchestrator['dependencyGraph'];
graph.hasCycles(); // returns true

// ✅ Cycle detected, topological sort returns empty array
// Manual intervention required (seed with nullable FKs first)

🧪 Running Tests

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run with coverage
npm run test:coverage

# Watch mode
npm run test:watch

🏗️ Architecture

Auto-Seed System
├─ SchemaAnalyzer (FK detection, constraint analysis)
├─ DependencyGraph (Topological sort, cycle detection)
├─ CrossDBRegistry (ID tracking across all 4 DBs)
├─ SmartDataGenerator (Realistic data with FK awareness)
└─ SeedOrchestrator (Multi-table coordination)

How it works:

1. Schema Analysis - Detect primary keys, foreign keys, constraints
2. Dependency Resolution - Build dependency graph, determine seed order
3. Data Generation - Generate realistic data respecting FK constraints
4. ID Tracking - Register all generated IDs in cross-DB registry
5. Cross-DB Consistency - Ensure same entity has same ID across all 4 DBs

📝 TypeScript Types

export type DBType = 'sql' | 'vector' | 'graph' | 'blockchain';

export type DataType =
  | 'uuid'
  | 'integer'
  | 'bigint'
  | 'float'
  | 'decimal'
  | 'string'
  | 'text'
  | 'boolean'
  | 'date'
  | 'timestamp'
  | 'json'
  | 'vector'
  | 'embedding';

export interface TableSchema {
  dbType: DBType;
  tableName: string;
  columns: Column[];
  primaryKeys: Column[];
  foreignKeys: ForeignKey[];
  uniqueConstraints: Constraint[];
}

export interface SeedResult {
  tableName: string;
  dbType: DBType;
  recordsCreated: number;
  duration: number; // milliseconds
  preview: Record<string, any>[]; // First 5 records
  errors?: string[];
}

🎯 Use Cases

1. Unit Testing

// Seed test data for unit tests
beforeEach(async () => {
  await orchestrator.seedTable(usersSchema, 10, { seed: 12345 });
  await orchestrator.seedTable(postsSchema, 50, { seed: 12345 });
});

2. Integration Testing

// Seed realistic data for integration tests
const results = await orchestrator.seedMultipleTables([
  { tableName: 'users', dbType: 'sql', count: 100, schema: usersSchema },
  { tableName: 'posts', dbType: 'sql', count: 500, schema: postsSchema },
  { tableName: 'comments', dbType: 'sql', count: 2000, schema: commentsSchema },
]);

3. Demo Environments

// Seed demo database with realistic data
await orchestrator.seedTable(usersSchema, 1000, { locale: 'en_US' });
await orchestrator.seedTable(productsSchema, 500, { locale: 'en_US' });
await orchestrator.seedTable(ordersSchema, 5000, { locale: 'en_US' });

4. Performance Testing

// Seed large datasets for performance testing
await orchestrator.seedTable(schema, 1000000, { reset: true });

📖 API Reference

See PLAN.md for comprehensive implementation plan and architecture details.

🚀 Next Steps (Phase 2)

• REST API endpoints (POST /api/.../tables/:tableID/mock)
• CLI command (symbiosedb seed <table> --count 100)
• Studio UI component ("Generate Mock Data" button)

📄 License

MIT

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Auto-Seed Phase 1 Complete ✓ (November 2024)