Question

I was wondering whether it is possible to find out at runtime (i.e. in spec_helper.rb) what kind of spec is being executed (i.e. request, functional etc)?

Many Thanks!

Answer 1

If you’re looking to add something like a before filter for only a certain type of spec, consider writing:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:each, type: :request) do
    # request-spec only before hook
  end
end

If you’re trying to do something more complicated, you can access the current example’s type via example.metadata[:type].