[test] add new fixture to generate random strings of given length

collector/conftest.py

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import random
+import string
+from typing import Callable
+
 import pytest
 from django.test import Client
 
@@ -10,3 +14,12 @@ def enable_db_access_for_all_tests(db):
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", name="session")
 def fixture_longlived_client() -> Client:
     return Client()
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="random_name")
+def fixture_random_name_generator() -> Callable[[int], str]:
+    def name_generator(length: int = 7) -> str:
+        name = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=length))
+        return name
+
+    return name_generator
+