I have a JS feature spec I'm trying to run with Capybara Webkit. It doesn't seem to be able to find my database records however.
The spec in question looks like this
it "should allow pledging to a Hardback level", js: true do
book = FactoryGirl.create :book
visit book_path(book)
click_link "pledge-btn"
end
Unfortunately, the request to book_path(book) 404s because the book cannot be found.
If I take the :js flag off, the test passes.
I have DatabaseCleaner set up to use :truncation for JS specs as is the recommended method.
# spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
config.before(:each, :js => true) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
DatabaseMetadata.create!(:sanitized_at => DateTime.now)
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
end
I can puts the book in the test and it will be found.
it "should allow pledging to a Hardback level", js: true do
book = FactoryGirl.create :book
visit book_path(book)
p Book.first
# => .. the book instance
click_link "pledge-btn"
end
I've also tried this shared connection method which doesn't seem to fix the problem either.
What else could be wrong?
You may have config.use_transactional_fixtures = true set in your spec_helper.rb. This would override what you have above.
You want to either remove this line from your spec_helper.rb or change it there to be false.
I ran into this same issue and had a very similar config. After looking through the DatabaseCleaner README, I found this small note:
It's also recommended to use append_after to ensure DatabaseCleaner.clean runs after the after-test cleanup capybara/rspec installs.
Source
That means changing your
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
to
config.append_after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
Note the append_after instead of after. This fixed my problem.
Working on legacy project I have had such issue, it was caused by switching DatabaseCleaner strategy to :truncation like the following:
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
DatabaseCleaner.clean
Test::Seeder.seed!
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
so, removing DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction helped in my case
If you create records in a before(:all) block then they will be available.
before :all do
#book = FactoryGirl.create :book
end
it "should allow pledging to a Hardback level", js: true do
visit book_path(#book)
click_link "pledge-btn"
end
Capybara runs the rails server in a separate process from the tests, so they each get their own connection to the database. Therefore, the server does not access to the records created in the transaction for the test.
Because they are not inside a transaction, make sure that you clean them up with DatabaseCleaner in your spec_helper.rb:
config.after(:all, :type => :feature) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
For anyone that lands here in 2019 and beyond, I was caught out by the following code which I copied verbatim from the DatabaseCleaner readme:
config.before(:each, type: :feature) do
# :rack_test driver's Rack app under test shares database connection
# with the specs, so continue to use transaction strategy for speed.
driver_shares_db_connection_with_specs = Capybara.current_driver == :rack_test
unless driver_shares_db_connection_with_specs
# Driver is probably for an external browser with an app
# under test that does *not* share a database connection with the
# specs, so use truncation strategy.
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
end
This is all well and good, but I am using Rails system specs, not RSpec features and therefore this code block was never being run.
Change config.before(:each, type: :feature) to config.before(:each, type: :system) if you're using system specs!
I think your main issue is that your rails_helper.rb has the following line commented out:
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
This means your database_cleaner.rb is never getting loaded.
Related
I have various tests that create models using FactoryGirl in Rails
it "does something" do
user = create(:user)
...
expect(user.name).to eq("foo")
end
I noticed that each time I run the spec suite, it does not reset the table id's on the test schema (using Postgres). So after several executions the user might have an id of something like 2894.
I use Database Cleaner to clean my DB between subsequent runs - see below.
Is there a way to reset table ID's directly between rspec runs? A company I previously worked at did it with their app, but I'm not aware how.
If #1 is not an option, is it possible to drop and recreate the test DB between runs?
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:deletion)
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
config.before(:each, js: true) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :deletion
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
end
I am also using DatabaseCleaner gem and don't experience the same issue you do (though I'm using mysql instead).
Not sure if this helps in your case but would be worth trying my configuration:
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
Rails.application.load_seed
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
config.before(:each, :js => true) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
end
My rails_helper.rb
require 'support/database_cleaner'
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
I have transactions set up in my rails_helper...
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
My before each blocks look like this:
before(:each) do
allow(subject).to receive_messages(
:authenticate => true,
:authorize => true
)
#user_song = FactoryGirl.create(:user_song)
FactoryGirl.create(:user_playlist, user_id: #user_song.user_id,
album_id: #user_song.song.album_id)
allow_any_instance_of(ApplicationController).to receive_messages(
:current_user => #user_song.user
)
Tests fail with validation errors, but, if I insert a Model.destroy_all for each used model before FactoryGirl's creation, it works. I'm confused.
Why? The Rspec rails guide says that it should be rolled-back? Is it something with FactoryGirl?
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
is for Rails builtin fixeture cleanup. It wound work with factory_girl. You should disable that and, install a db cleaner gem like this one: https://github.com/DatabaseCleaner/database_cleaner
Try to configure the database cleaner.
Add this to your Gemfile
gem 'database_cleaner'
then update your
spec/rails_helper.rb:
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
config.before(:each, :js => true) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
end
You need to install and setup database cleaner gem. Configured and installed properly, it will fix this problem you're having. There are many blog articles to help with the setup and install if the github read me docs seem confusing. Such as this article
I want to be able to always have access to my seed data on my test database.
I understand database_cleaner will remove everything if it's set up that way.
I try to remove everything and then reloading the seed, but when I try to use js: true on a test, the seed never gets loaded so i get errors saying data does not exist.
My spec_helper.rb
RSpec.configure do |config|
# before the entire test suite runs, clear the test database out completely
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
end
# sets the default database cleaning strategy to be transactions (very fast)
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
# For these types of tests, transactions won’t work. We must use truncation
config.before(:each, js: true) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
# hook up database_cleaner around the beginning and end of each test, telling it to execute whatever cleanup strategy we selected beforehand.
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
# reload the seed so we have data to play with
end
config.before :all do
Rails.application.load_seed
end
end
When in my view_spec I have something like this
require 'spec_helper'
describe 'my/path', type: :view do
before do
#user = create(:user)
#user.permissions << Permission.first
login_as(#user)
visit my_path
end
it 'should have a valid user, just for kicks' do
#user.should be_valid
end
it 'should be in the path i said' do
expect(current_path).to eq(my_path)
end
describe 'click submit button', js: true do
it 'should take me to a different path' do
click_link('button_1')
expect(current_path).to eq(my_new_path)
end
end
end
The first two test will run and be ok with creating that user, but as soon as it hits that last test with js: true, it no longer has Permission in the database.
Is there a way to tell database_cleaner to only delete the data added by rspec? and not the seed?
Or maybe even tell it to not delete certain tables?
Any help would be appreciated.
Try to use :truncation for all tests with:
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
Rails.application.load_seed
end
end
There also may be an issue with your seeds and not with DatabaseCleaner. You should debug your database state right in the failing test using puts statements or debugger (e.g. pry-byebug).
I'm having an issue with JS request specs - basic visiting of a model edit page:
it "can edit a doc", :js => true do
doc = FactoryGirl.create(:doc) # tried with Doc.create as well
puts Doc.find(doc.id) # 1 <- so it's definitely in the DB!
visit edit_doc_path(doc)
end
Result: "ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound - Couldn't find doc with id=1"
The odd thing is it works with standard request spec. I tried both webkit and selenium drivers. My spec_helper looks like this (should be pretty standard):
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
Capybara.javascript_driver = :webkit
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
config.before(:each, :type => :request) do
Capybara.reset_sessions!
end
end
Rails 3.1.4, no versioning for capybara, rspec, etc. test libraries.
Any input much appreciated! Thanks!
Seems like you have same problem as this:
Capybara with :js => true causes test to fail
Try setting DatabaseCleaner strategy to :truncation and see if it works
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
How do I turn off transactional fixtures for only one spec (or Steak scenario) with RSpec 2?
I tried some things found on the web without any success.
This leads to an undefined method exception.
describe "MyClass without transactional fixtures" do
self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
...
end
This simply does nothing (transactional fixture is still on):
describe "MyClass without transactional fixtures" do
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
end
...
end
What else could I try?
I usually add a helper like this:
def without_transactional_fixtures(&block)
self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
before(:all) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
yield
after(:all) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
end
Which lets me turn off transactional fixtures for a specific block in the specs:
describe "doing my thing" do
without_transactional_fixtures do
it "does something without transaction fixtures" do
...
end
end
end
I've did it this way, with database_cleaner, in order to test code that uses transactions (which will conflict with transactional_fixtures or any other strategy to make transactional tests e.g. DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation or :transaction):
# spec_helper.rb
config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
config.around(:each, :testing_transactions => true) do |ex|
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = nil
ex.run
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
and in my test cases:
it "should not save if one of objects are invalid", :testing_transactions => true
This used to be a bug (see ticket #197), but I seems to be okay now. I just don't know if it will work on a per test base (probably not). If you want to do this, you can disable transactional fixtures globally by putting config.use_transactional_fixtures = false on the spec_helper.rb and use DatabaseCleaner to set that.
I've had a similar problem when testing pages with javascript on the browser (a scenario that does not work with transactional fixtures). Here's how I managed to work around it: http://github.com/lailsonbm/contact_manager_app
I mixed both answers and it worked for me on RSpec 3:
config.around(:each, use_transactional_fixtures: false) do |example|
self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
example.run
self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:deletion)
end
You can then use it in the describe, context or it block
describe 'my test', use_transactional_fixtures: false do
...
end
Not sure if that applies to RSpec2, but works fine with 3.
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
config.around(:each, use_transactional_fixtures: false) do |example|
self.use_transactional_tests = false
example.run
self.use_transactional_tests = true
end
Mind the use_transactional_fixtures (rspec-rails option) and use_transactional_tests (activerecord fixtures option) difference.
Use use_transactional_tests instead of use_transactional_fixtures When Rspec 2.3.8 is being used
def without_transactional_fixtures(&block)
self.use_transactional_tests = false
before(:all) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end
yield
after(:all) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end
self.use_transactional_tests = true
end
The 2023 answer for RSpec 6.0:
uses_transaction "doesn't run in transaction"
it "doesn't run in transaction" do
expect(ActiveRecord::Base.connection.transaction_open?).to eq(false)
end
it "runs in transaction" do
expect(ActiveRecord::Base.connection.transaction_open?).to eq(true)
end
https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/v6.0.1/spec/rspec/rails/fixture_support_spec.rb#L21