Question

I have a model Post with an attribute published_at.
However, in POST request API requires it to be assigned as published, not published_at.
So in my model I override setter method like so

def published=(value)
  self.published_at = value
end

The problem is, in my API tests, I use FactoryGirl’s attributes_for(:post) method to generate attributes for POST request, and it uses old published_at name. How can I workaround this problem and generate attributes with published key instead of published_at without changing the name of this attribute in my model?

Answer 1

How about changing your :post factory:

factory :post do
  published { Time.now }
  # published_at
end

Or, if you want to separate API and Web based posts, create a new factory:

factory :api_post, class: Post do
  ...
end