I'm starting to use Rspec, but when I run bundle exec rspec I get an error
/spec/requests/pages_spec.rb:20:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>': undefined local
variable or method `root_path' for #<Class:0x00000102e46850> (NameError)
I do not have Spork or Guard running so the question below shouldn't apply
undefined local variable or method `root_path' (Rspec Spork Guard)
I have added config.include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers in my spec_helper.rb file, but that did not help.
undefined local variable or method `root_path' Hartl's Tutorial Chapter 5.3.2
Here's pages_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'
describe "Pages" do
describe "navigation" do
def self.it_should_be_on(path_name, value=nil)
before { visit path_name }
it "should be on #{path_name}" do
page.should have_link('Home')
page.should have_link('Inventory')
page.should have_link('FAQ')
page.should have_link('About Us')
page.should have_link('Location')
page.should have_link('Contact Us')
# page.should have_link('Login')
end
end
it_should_be_on root_path
it_should_be_on faq_path
it_should_be_on about_path
it_should_be_on location_path
it_should_be_on contact_path
# it_should_be_on login_path
end
end
spec_helper.rb
# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'rspec/autorun'
# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
# Checks for pending migrations before tests are run.
# If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line.
ActiveRecord::Migration.check_pending! if defined?(ActiveRecord::Migration)
RSpec.configure do |config|
# ## Mock Framework
#
# If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
#
# config.mock_with :mocha
# config.mock_with :flexmock
# config.mock_with :rr
# Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
# If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
# examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
# instead of true.
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
# If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred
# automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
# rspec-rails.
config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false
# Run specs in random order to surface order dependencies. If you find an
# order dependency and want to debug it, you can fix the order by providing
# the seed, which is printed after each run.
# --seed 1234
config.order = "random"
config.include Capybara::DSL
config.include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
end
Update After reading about shared_examples, I tried this out successfully. Is there a better way to write this test? I ended up separating out the pages into individual pages like Home page etc.
require 'spec_helper'
describe "Pages" do
subject { page }
shared_examples "navigation" do |path_name|
before { visit send( path_name) }
describe "navigation links should be on #{path_name}" do
it { should have_link('Home') }
it { should have_link('Inventory') }
it { should have_link('FAQ') }
it { should have_link('About Us') }
it { should have_link('Location') }
it { should have_link('Contact Us') }
# it { should have_link('Login') }
end
end
describe "Home Page" do
include_examples "navigation", :root_path
end
end
