Question

I’m trying to simulate an user filling a form and submiting it with ruby.
I heard it was possible with some test framework when you test your own application (eg : testing a rails app).

What I want to do is :
– open a webpage where there’s a form.
– fill the form
– submit the form

Is there any magic gem to do so, or do I need to parse the page and use a post request with arguments ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

I suggest you Webrat or Capybara. Capybara uses embedded webkit engine written in Qt, so you don’t need any browser to test your application.

https://github.com/brynary/webrat

https://github.com/jnicklas/capybara