Can the Devel Generate module generate content for all possible permutations and combinations?

Question

I love the Devel Generate module as it helps me to create test content very quickly. Random content that the module generates is sufficient most of the times.

But at times I would like to have content for all the permutations and combinations. For example let us say that a content type has three optional fields. So in total I would like to have 8 nodes of that type created that cover all the permutations.

Is this something that can be achieved with the Devel module?

Answer 1

To my knowledge there is no such feature in the Devel Generate module.

Therefor, as an alternative, I recommend to use a (rather basic) custom module for creating such nodes (so without using Devel Generate).

The article about How to programmatically create nodes, comments and taxonomies in Drupal 7 contains great example of how to do so. Here is a summary of that article (about how to programmatically create a node):

• Initialize a node object
• Add body field
• Add custom fields
• Add file / image field
• Add a term to a node
• Save a node

You probably don't need the "add file" and "add term", and simply have to repeat the "add custom fields" a few times (for each of your 3 fields), and then "you" are in full control of which permutations/combinations you actually want.