I'm using the following:
Rails 4.1.1
guard-zeus 2.0.0
rspec-rails 3.0.1
Out of box default rails g rspec:install and guard init
When I run guard and save a spec file, I get the error:
undefined method `configure` for RSpec:Module (NoMethodError)
I can run specs with rspec spec and rake just fine.
In spec_helper, if I require 'rspec/rails before the configure block,
guard works fine, but then rspec spec fails with the error:
uninitialized constant ActiveSupport::Autoload (NameError)
I'm guessing there's a problem with load order now that rails_helper and spec_helper
are separated.
Two questions:
How can I fix this?
Is there a different solution for continuous integration locally that you can recommend that works with latest Rails and Rspec.
You only have to answer one question.
The following fix worked for me:
#spec/spec_helper.rb
require 'rspec/core'
Throwing out a quick answer that may be the problem. Your spec_helper file should have the following order:
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
rspec/rails needs to be required after the config/environment require.
The following:
undefined method `configure` for RSpec:Module (NoMethodError)
suggests you are are missing a
require 'rspec'
This normally isn't necessary, but if you put it in your spec/spec_helper.rb that should work.
(If you run RSpec directly, it's included already with RSpec).
The reason it's not included is perhaps:
you are not running guard through bundler
or your Gemfile does not have:
gem 'rspec' # without the require: false
or something may be wrong with your .rspec file (which should be present)
The require 'rspec/rails' should probably go into the spec/rails_helper.rb...
... but a better way would be to update your rspec-rails gem and run:
rails generate rspec:install
and if you're prompted - used 'd' to differences (and ideally use the recommended changes).
You should add following require to top of file spec_helper.rb
require 'rspec/rails'
Take the reference here: Zeus GitHub issue 308
Related
I created rails new --api whatever with:
gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.8'
in my Gemfile. Then, I created:
app/services/whatever_module/whatever_class.rb
and corresponding spec file:
spec/services/whatever_module/whatever_class_spec.rb
Now, when I run:
rspec services
I get this error:
NameError: uninitialized constant WhateverModule
How do I tell rspec to recognize the module by its spec path?
Your spec file should be in
spec/services/distamce/whatever_class_spec.rb.
In you case rspec tries to find the WhateverModule because of /whatever_module/ in your pathing for the spec file. You can try this to change to spec/services/foo_bar/whatever_class_spec.rb and you will get the missing FooBarModule error.
I think I figured out what you missed.
Rspec does not automatically require your app folder and so there are no modules or classes available from the app folder initially.
When you check https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails#installation #2 then you can see you have to add some boilerplate files for rspec like rails_helper.rb and spec_helper.rb with rails generate rspec:install. These are responsible for all rspec related settings and the require of the app folder.
Also its required to add require 'rails_helper' on top of each spec file.
After you have done all this and you get the error Unable to autoload constant WhateverModule::WhateverClass then your whatever_class.rb has to look like this
module WhateverModule
class WhateverClass
end
end
Or you define the module in a file besides the whatever_module folder.
new to rspec, need to work on a test, when I run rake spec I get these errors, searched thru a bunch of old similar issues but nothing is working. not sure what to do...please help.
ruby -v 2.1.2
rails -v 4.1.4
http://pastebin.com/VJUh0Hhg
Thanks.
I guess the file located at /Users/jessep/work/noterizer/spec/helpers/notes_helper_spec.rb have an issue in the line 2
probably it looks like:
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
to fix the issue just add ../ so should look like:
require File.expand_path("../../../config/environment", __FILE__)
This is bizarre because I am relatively certain that minitest is an independent testing framework from rspec.
In any case, what is happening is that when I run.
rspec at my rails root directory, I get this error:
Could not find minitest-4.7.5 in any of the sources
However in my Gemfile I have the following:
gem 'minitest', '~> 4.7.5'
I have tried running bundle update and bundle install to no avail. Also I feel weird even adding the gem file as I only added it after I got the error but had no intention of using the gem to begin with.
For reference here is my spec_helper.rb file.
require 'rubygems'
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
Hard to know w/o more information, it's likely something else is bringing it in if you aren't... Do this:
Revert to a clean state in your repository
Remove minutest from Gemfile
Run bundle (not update)
Look in your Gemfile.lock and see what is depending upon minitest
Post the information here if the answer doesn't become clear.
You may also want re-run rails generate rspec:install, that spec_helper.rb you posted looks pretty thin.
It turns out I just needed to run bundle exec rspec to run my tests.
I'm having a problem running a test in rails with Capybara.
Whenever I run it, it tells me I have an 'uninitialized constant Capybara (NameError)' in my spec_helper.rb file.
I'm following this tutorial:
http://www.railstutorial.org/book/static_pages#code-capybara_dsl
This is my spec_helper.rb
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.include(Capybara::DSL)
end
and I'm trying to run this test static_pages_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'
describe "Static pages" do
it "should have the content 'Sample App'" do
visit '/static_pages/home'
expect(page).to have_content('Sample App')
end
If there is any other more information needed just let me know
--------UPDATE----------------
I figured out the problem. The version of Rspec I have creates a rails_helper.rb file in the spec folder. I had to do:
require 'capybara/rspec'
in that file and config.include Capybara::DSL in the configurations.
-----New Problem------------
But now I get another problem it is saying that 'visit' is undefined.
undefined method `visit' for #<RSpec::ExampleGroups::StaticPages::AboutPage:0x000001033f5d50>
I tried require 'capybara', and require 'capybara/dsl' but they all still give me errors and then some.
I sort of found out the problem, I'm getting initialized constant capybara because in newer versions of rspec they have a new folder "rails_helper" when you first create a spec folder it creates both rails_helper and spec_helper. The first mock speck test in the spec folder has this at the top
require 'rails_helper'
I was following a tutorial that told me to require 'spec_helper' but that is not true for newer versions of rspec.
So I added
config.include(Capybara::DSL)
in the rails helper folder and everything worked, except I get an error with the css but I believe this is because the tests run headless so they do not work. The spec tests run fine after all the errors are displayed though. If you have any more questions just let me know.
It's easy to do everything required and then forget to load the Capybara gem via Gemfile. I've done this so this message looked familiar to me.
Perhaps demonstration of this case is helpful to folks; saving some valuable time. :)
In a previously working environment, I hide Capybara by commenting out the capybara line in Gemfile. The result is a similar error message, 'uninitialized constant Capybara (NameError)', which is thrown by rails_helper:
$ rspec spec
Running via Spring preloader in process 17470
/Users/Art/RailsProjects/MyRailsProj/spec/rails_helper.rb:67:in `block in <top (required)>': uninitialized constant Capybara (NameError)
Incidentally, the O.P. may have been using a version of Capybara that preceded the release where two files exist: rails_helper and spec_helper.
In my setup,
config.include(Capybara::DSL)
is in rails_helper.rb.
BTW, if you see examples of the Capybara include in spec_helper, then those pages may be describing the previous file organization.
Add require 'capybara/rails' to your test helper
I can't work out how to get access to the shoulda macros (sign_in_as, etc) in my RSpec tests. I've installed and unpacked the shoulda gem into vendor and I've run the generator to install clearance. I suspect I need to use the right require statement in spec_helper.rb but nothing I've been able to find works for me. I've completely run out of ideas.
I got it to work by following the instructions on this blog post: http://blog.smajnr.net/2011/03/clearance-rspec-shoulda.html
# in spec_helper.rb
require 'clearance/shoulda_macros'
RSpec.configure do |config|
# ...
# Include Shoulda macros for Clearance
config.include Clearance::Shoulda::Helpers
end
Add the following to to the top of your spec_helper.rb,
require 'clearance/shoulda_macros'
And then inside the Rspec configure block add the following,
config.extend(Clearance::Shoulda::Helpers)