# Utilities

import { utils } from '@datacamp/poser';

Poser exports the following helper utilities:

# `utils.ref()`

Return a Ref object for an instance.

ref(typeName, id);
// returns a Ref

Name	Type	Description
`typeName`	`string`	The type to find
`id`	mixed	The id of the instance

Returns a array of undefined, to mock lists in Mocks.

mockList(length); 
// returns an array of length <length>

Name	Type	Description
`length`	`number`	The size of the list

Poser re-exports faker from @faker-js/faker:

import { faker } from '@datacamp/poser';

faker.random.words(4)