ArgumentError: Factory not registered

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I'm trying to run rspec with FactoryGirl, but I keep getting this error: ``` 1) Products Update with invalid information Failure/Error: let(:product) { FactoryGirl.create(:product) } ArgumentError: Factory not registered: product # ./spec/requests/products_spec.rb:47:in `block (3 levels) in ' # ./spec/requests/products_spec.rb:52:in `block (3 levels) in ' ``` Here's the test with the error (spec/requests/products_spec.rb): ``` describe "Read" do let(:product) { FactoryGirl.create(:product) } before { visit product_path(product) } it { should have_text(product.title) } end ``` Here's the factory (spec/factories.rb): ``` FactoryGirl.define do factory :product do title "Lorem ipsum" description "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce vitae ipsum consectetur, semper dolor sed, dignissim enim." image_url "lorem.png" price 9.95 end end ``` I restarted the server (with Spork and Guard) and nothing changed, though I may not be restarting…

Accepted Answer

I threw a bunch of stuff at this, so it's hard to tell what the precise fix was. One thing I did was switch `require 'factory_girl'` in spec_helper.rb to `require 'factory_girl_rails'` and that seems to be the most plausible solution.

Also, I added `config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods` to the `Rspec.configure` block of spec_helper.rb and I think that was also important.

ArgumentError: Factory not registered

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