Where do I confirm user created with FactoryGirl?

Question

Using rails, devise, rspec & factorygirl:

Trying to create some tests for my site. I'm using the confirmable model for devise so when I create a user using FactoryGirl, the user isn't confirmed.

This is my factories.rb:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    full_name             "Aren Admin"
    email                 "aren@example.com"
    password              "arenaren"
    password_confirmation "arenaren"
    role_id               ADMIN
  end
end

And this is my rspec test file:

require 'spec_helper'

describe "Admin pages" do

  subject { page }

  describe "home page" do
    let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
    before { visit admin_home_path }

    it { should have_content("#{ROLE_TYPES[user.role_id]}") }
  end
end

I'm getting an error because the user is not confirmed. By searching around I'm pretty sure I need to use the method 'confirm!' and that it belongs in the factories.rb file, but I'm not sure where to put it.

score 35 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '12 at 20:52

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You could also set the confirmed_at attribute as follows. Works for me:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    full_name             "Aren Admin"
    email                 "aren@example.com"
    password              "arenaren"
    password_confirmation "arenaren"
    role_id               ADMIN
    confirmed_at          Time.now
  end
end

answered Aug 25 '12 at 20:52

auralbee

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I have been preferring this method over `confirm!` because it is one less operation. – IAmNaN Aug 27 '13 at 21:23
replaced two lines with one...and a little more intuitive, imo. Thanks! – brntsllvn Jun 14 '15 at 01:20
This is the cleanest way to do it. Thanks :+1: – moeabdol Feb 17 '16 at 13:26
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Note that `Time.now` would be executed when the factory is defined, not when the user object is created. It's recommended to pass a block like `confirmed_at { Time.now }` to set `confirmed_at` when it's created. – Petr Bela Feb 10 '17 at 11:24

score 24 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Better yet, do the following (then you don't need to create a before filter for every test suite)

Factory.define :confirmed_user, :parent => :user do |f|
  f.after_create { |user| user.confirm! }
end

found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4770075/1153149

Edit to add non-deprecated syntax

FactoryGirl.define do |f|
  #Other factory definitions

  factory :confirmed_user, :parent => :user do
    after_create { |user| user.confirm! }
  end
end

Edit 01/27 To Update Syntax Again

FactoryGirl.define do
  #Other factory definitions

  factory :confirmed_user, :parent => :user do
    after(:create) { |user| user.confirm! }
  end
end

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

Community

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answered Aug 25 '12 at 20:47

Joeyjoejoejr

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hi! I have used your method and it says > undefined method after_create. why is that? – oFca Oct 09 '12 at 21:12
I need more information, what object is it trying to run after_create on? It might be that this is pulled from an old answer. I think the Factory.define syntax might be depricated. I'll edit my answer with the up-to-date syntax. Let me know if that doesn't work. – Joeyjoejoejr Oct 11 '12 at 18:12
This is a good answer and what I usually use... except ThoughtBot changed the syntax again (are we there yet?). It should be `after(:create) {...etc` – IAmNaN Aug 27 '13 at 21:20

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '12 at 20:44

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Try user.confirm! in your before block

found here

answered Aug 25 '12 at 20:44

caulfield

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Your link is outdated. And which "before" block is it? Could you please give us an example? – Aleksandrus May 26 '16 at 19:30

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 06 '17 at 00:46

This is the factory that worked for me

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    sequence :email do |n|
      "address#{n}@example.com"
    end
    sequence :password do |n|
      "password#{n}"
    end

    factory :confirmed_user do
      before(:create) {|user| user.skip_confirmation! }
    end
  end
end

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 08 '19 at 03:26

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Add this line to your User factory definition:

before(:create) { |user| user.skip_confirmation! }

edited Oct 08 '19 at 03:26

taylorthurlow

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answered Dec 26 '13 at 08:46

Naveen LP

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 21 '14 at 15:02

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Put the Devise confirmable logic in the after(:build) callback...

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    after(:build) do |u|
      u.confirm!
      u.skip_confirmation_notification!
    end
 ...
end

For me, putting confirm! or skip_confirmation! in the after(:create) block caused validation errors on the email parameter and did not work.

answered Apr 21 '14 at 15:02

vanboom

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just `u.skip_confirmation!` after build works for me. it also makes user creation faster. – Musaffa Jan 30 '15 at 01:13
That's the only thing working in 2020 (just remove the `confirm!`) – Dmitry Sokurenko May 08 '20 at 15:16

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 21:34

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You should call skip_confirmation! before create so this is persisted on the user.

before(:create) do |user|
  user.skip_confirmation!
end

answered Dec 28 '16 at 21:34

Jeremy Lynch

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 17 '23 at 20:24

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Does not work:

before(:create, &:skip_confirmation!)

Works:

after(:build, &:skip_confirmation!)

answered Feb 17 '23 at 20:24

Petercopter

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Where do I confirm user created with FactoryGirl?

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