I am try to build a json using a factory, but when i try to build it's empty.
Below is Factory class.
require 'faker'
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :account do |f|
f.name {Faker::Name.name}
f.description {Faker::Name.description}
end
factory :accjson, class:Hash do
"@type" "accountResource"
"createdAt" "2014-08-07T14:31:58"
"createdBy" "2"
"disabled" "false"
end
end
Below is how i am trying to build.
hashed_response = FactoryGirl.build(:accjson)
expect(account.to_json).to eq(hashed_response.to_json);
But my hashed_response always seems to be empty object.
Using FactoryGirl to create a json is like using space shuttle to peel the pineapple. You'll do that after you try hard enough, but it is not what shuttle has been created for.
If you are reusing this hash structure in your test, store it within yaml file and create some helper methods to read it (you can place them within spec/spec_helpers).
Reason why your code doesn't work:
FactoryGirl is using method_missing magic to assign values. In your code, you are not trying to execute any methods, as you are just listing strings, so the method_missing magic is not triggered.
Way to do this with FactoryGirl (read the top paragraph!):
For completeness, there is a way to do this with FG, however is not very pretty:
factory :accjson, class: OpenStruct do
send :'@type', "accountResource"
createdAt "2014-08-07T14:31:58"
createdBy "2"
disabled "false"
end
hashed_response = FactoryGirl.build(:accjson).marshal_dump.to_json
I have implemented this using the hashie gem.
My factories then look like this:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :some_factory_name, class: Hashie::Mash do
skip_create
attribute1 { value }
attribute2 { "test" }
sequence(:attribute3) { |n| "AttributeValue#{n}" }
end
end
This has worked well for me as it behaves almost exactly like a Hash but with the convenience of a factory and the simplicity of getting and setting attributes on a Struct.
