Using Factory Girl with Rspec
factory-bot, rspec, ruby-on-rails, ruby-on-rails-4
Solution
To create a user using FactoryGirl:
user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
This will use everything you defined in the factory to create the user. You can also override any value, or specify additional values at the same time. For example:
user = FactoryGirl.create(:user, username: 'username', email: 'different-email@example.com)
Alternatively you can use `FactoryGirl.build(:user, ...)` where you want to make use of the factory to build an instance but not actually save it to the database.
Problem
I have set up Rspec with a rails4 app however the tests are returning: ``` Failure/Error: user = Factory(:user) NoMethodError: undefined method `Factory' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_4::Nested_1:0x007fa08c0d8a98> ``` Seems like I'm including FactoryGirl incorrectly. I've tried a couple of variations but I can't get it to work. My Spec Helper: ``` # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install' ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test' require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__) require 'rspec/rails' require 'rspec/autorun' require 'factory_girl_rails' # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc, # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories. Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f } # Checks for pending migrations before tests are run. # If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line. ActiveRecord::Migration.check_pending! if defined?(ActiveRecord::Migration) RSpec.configure do |config| # ## Mock Framework # # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line: # # config.mock_with :mocha # config.mock_with :flexmock # config.mock_with :rr # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures" # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false # instead of true. config.use_transactional_fixtures = true # If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred # automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of # rspec-rails. config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false # Run specs in random order to surface order dependencies. If you find an # order dependency and want to debug it, you can fix the order by providing # the seed, which is printed after each run. # --seed 1234 config.order = "random" config.include Capybara::DSL, :type => :request config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods end ``` gem file: ``` group :development, :test do gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.0' gem 'factory_girl_rails', :require => false # as per sugestion on SO. Without the require false also fails gem "capybara" end ``` my spec: ``` require 'spec_helper' describe "Create Event" do describe "Log in and create an event" do it "Allows creation of individual events" do user = Factory(:user) visit "/" end end end ``` and in /spec/factories/users.rb ``` FactoryGirl.define do factory :user do |f| f.email "provider@example.com" f.password "password" end end ``` How can i get going with factory girl?