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Webrat is an acceptance testing library for Web applications written in Ruby.

Webrat is an acceptance testing tool for Ruby, which simulates a browser without JavaScript support. But it can also be combined with a web automation framework like Watir to implement browser based web automation tests.

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How can I see what capybara found in a failing cucumber step?

I started migrating from cucumber + webrat to cucumber + capybara. Now the behavior of "I should see " seems to be somewhat different. Most of these fail now, although I didn't change anything on the page. I replaced the snippet that should be found…
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How do you POST to a URL in Capybara?

Just switched from Cucumber+Webrat to Cucumber+Capybara and I am wondering how you can POST content to a URL in Capybara. In Cucumber+Webrat I was able to have a step: When /^I send "([^\"]*)" to "([^\"]*)"$/ do |file, project| proj =…
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HTTP basic auth for Capybara

I'm writing some RSpec tests for my Rails 3 application and trying to switch from Webrat to Capybara. So far so good but the application uses HTTP basic auth to authorize my admin user, any idea how I can test that with Capybara? Here is my current…
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Setting http headers RSpec 2.4 / Rails 3

I am getting started with RSpec. I have a new rails 3 app which uses the HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER or the request 2 letter subdomain to set the application language and redirect accordingly. I am successfully testing my redirection code using Cucumber. Now…
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Session variables with Cucumber Stories

I am working on some Cucumber stories for a 'sign up' application which has a number of steps. Rather then writing a Huuuuuuuge story to cover all the steps at once, which would be bad, I'd rather work through each action in the controller like a…
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Cucumber/Webrat: follow link by CSS class?

is it possible to follow a link by it's class name instead of the id, text or title? Given I have (haha, cucumber insider he?) the following html code:
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Rspec integration tests without cucumber?

Is there a way to do integration tests with Rspec without using Cucumber? I prefer using just plain old Webrat. Thanks.
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Cucumber + Webrat + Selenium guide

I have been using Cucumber and Webrat for a while. I now need to start writing behaviour that involve AJAX interactions so I was thinking to use the Selenium adapter for Webrat. Can anyone point out a easy and updated step-by-step guide for…
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How can I determine if a radio button is checked already?

I'm using webrat with cucumber and I would like to test if a radio button is checked already when I am on a page. How can I do that ? I didn't find any step in webrat which can do that.
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Cucumber and webrat - How to handle dynamic URLs in the paths.rb?

I am using Cucumber for BDD development in my Ruby on Rails project and I'm running into some confusion on how the path.rb handles paths used in rails applications. Given I have: class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :children end class…
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Using both webrat and capybara together

I've been using Capybara for integration/request testing, but have only just realised I can't do view testing with it. This SO answer suggests Webrat and Capybara can be used in tandem; but the RSpec docs suggest one must choose between the two. …
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webrat autofilling form fields

I am learning how to write tests with cucumber/webrat. One of my test scenarios is set to test form validation (leaving field(s) empty). Strangely enough, fields that I do not fill-in with fill_in are set to the field's name attribute. This only…
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How do I check that a form is pre-populated with values using Cucumber and Webrat?

I am learning Cucumber and Webrat with Rails and would like some advice on the best way to test an "edit" form. When I browse to a user's profile I am presented with an edit form with the user's information pre-populated in the form fields. I would…
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Undefined webrat methods in cucumber step_definitions

When i run my features i get this error: undefined method `visit' for # (NoMethodError) This is the relevant part of my Gemfile. group :development, :test do gem "rspec-rails", ">= 2.0.0.beta.19" gem…
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Webrat and Rails: Using assert_contain after click_button gives me "You are being redirected"

I'm writing an integration test for a rails application using webrat. After filling out a form, the user presses submit and an account is created. click_button "Submit" assert_contain "Your Account Has Been Created" However, the test fails:…
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