Question

I have a Group model that I am testing using Request specs with Capybara and generating the data using Factory Girl

In my groups.rb factory…

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :group do
    sequence :name do |n| 
      "Group#{n}"
    end
    expiry Date.today + 2.weeks
  end
end

And use this in my groups_spec.rb…

describe "Groups" do
  describe "GET /groups" do
    it "an admin user can create a new group" do
      user = Factory.create(:user, :is_admin => true )
      group = Factory.build(:group)

      visit root_url
      fill_in "Email", :with => user.email
      fill_in "Password", :with => user.password
      click_button "Login"
      click_link "Groups"
      click_link "New Group"
      fill_in "Name", :with => group.name
      # need to change the below to use the Factory eg select Date.new(group.expiry)
      select "2014", :from => "group_expiry_1i"
      select "June", :from => "group_expiry_2i"
      select "1", :from => "group_expiry_3i"
      click_button "Create Group"
      page.should have_content("Group was successfully created.")
      page.should have_content(group.name)
    end
  end
end

So you see that this is not a good way to do the test as I’m not using the factory generated expiry. Does anyone know how to input the expiry date into the form properly?

Answer 1

This is just off the cuff without testing in Capybara, but I’d try:

select group.expiry.year.to_s, :from => "group_expiry_1i"
select Date::MONTHNAMES[group.expiry.month], :from => "group_expiry_2i"
select group.expiry.date.to_s, :from => "group_expiry_3i"

As long as those values actually exist in the dropdown it should select them correctly.