How can I reuse code for similar attributes with FactoryBot?

Question

Say I've two models Person and Company, both are different models, however they both have one common attribute: address. If I were to use FactoryBot, I'd implement the respective factories as follows:

FactoryBot.define do
  factory :person do
    # ...
    address { Faker::Address.street_address }
  end
end

FactoryBot.define do
  factory :company do
    # ...
    address { Faker::Address.street_address }
  end
end

Is there a way where I can define an address generator that I can call from anywhere inside factories?. For example:

# define reusable attribute
FactoryBot.define do
    attribute :address { Faker::Address.street_address }
end

FactoryBot.define do
  factory :person do
    # ...
    generate_attribute(:address)
  end
end

FactoryBot.define do
  factory :company do
    # ...
    generate_attribute(:address)
  end
end

Currently I can replicate this desired behaviour with sequences, but it seems they're not meant for this task.

Answer 1

If you want to use a function anywhere inside factories, you can create a spec helper and define you function there:

# AppSpecHelper
# spec/support/app_spec_helper
module AppSpecHelper
  def generate_attribute
    ...
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.include AppSpecHelper
end

In rails_helper.rb:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include AppSpecHelper
end