New methods not supported by helpers.fake()

[jezzdk]

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Describe the bug

I'm trying to use the helpers.fake() method with a string saved in my database.
I've saved airline.airline().name, as described in the docs, in my database.
However, some of the new methods in v8, like the one above, returns objects and those are not supported in the fake() method.

Usage:

faker.helpers.fake(`Airline: {{airline.airline().name}}`);

Result:

airline.airline().name Error: Invalid module method or definition: airline.airline.name
- faker.airline.airline.name is not a function
- faker.definitions.airline.airline.name is not an array

Expected:

Airline: American Airlines

Minimal reproduction code

https://stackblitz.com/edit/faker-js-demo-hpw22c?file=index.ts

Additional Context

No response

Environment Info

System:
    OS: macOS 13.2.1
    CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
    Memory: 273.97 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.19.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    npm: 9.6.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 113.0.5672.126
    Safari: 16.3

Which module system do you use?

• CJS
• ESM

Used Package Manager

npm

[matthewmayer]

Instead of

faker.helpers.fake(`Airline: {{airline.airline().name}}`);

You can use

`Airline: ${faker.airline.airline().name}`

[edit: fixed]

[matthewmayer]

Note this is duplicate of #1850

[jezzdk]

Instead of

faker.helpers.fake(`Airline: {{airline.airline().name}}`);

You can use

`Airline: {{faker.airline.airline().name}}`

I'm guessing you mean:

`Airline: ${faker.airline.airline().name}`

Although that won't help since the method name is a string from the db.

[jezzdk]

Note this is duplicate of #1850

That's true. I'll watch that one instead :)

[ST-DDT]

I'm closing this as a duplicate of #1850 .

But if you are willing to take on the original issue, feel free to do so. If you leave a comment there I can assign that issue to you.