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+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2018, All Rights Reserved
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
+
+import factory
+import random
+
+from ietf.mailinglists.models import List
+
+class ListFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = List
+
+    name = factory.Faker('word')
+    description = factory.Faker('sentence', nb_words=10)
+    advertised = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda obj: random.randint(0, 1))
+
+