Im currently working on a Rails 4.2.6 and with RSpec 3.7 version. When I run my test I get the following error:
undefined method `build' for #<RSpec::ExampleGroups::UserName:0x007ff984a99d38>
What is triggering this error is the following code. require 'rails_helper'
RSpec.describe User, "name" do
#setup
it "returns the email" do
#build
user = build(:user, email: "[email protected]")
# excercise and verify
expect(user.email).to eq "[email protected]"
end
end
I'm using build instead of create because I dont want to persist data into the database. I am however using factory_bot_rails so I should have access to this method.
Here is my Gemfile:
group :development, :test do
gem 'rspec'
gem 'rspec-rails'
gem 'factory_bot_rails'
gem 'byebug'
gem 'pry'
gem 'pry-nav'
gem 'pry-stack_explorer'
end
group :test do
gem "capybara"
gem "selenium-webdriver"
end
spec_helper.rb
# 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 'spec_helper'
require "rspec/rails"
require "capybara/rspec"
# Prevent database truncation if the environment is production
abort("The Rails environment is running in production mode!") if Rails.env.production?
# Add additional requires below this line. Rails is not loaded until this point!
# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc, in
# spec/support/ and its subdirectories. Files matching `spec/**/*_spec.rb` are
# run as spec files by default. This means that files in spec/support that end
# in _spec.rb will both be required and run as specs, causing the specs to be
# run twice. It is recommended that you do not name files matching this glob to
# end with _spec.rb. You can configure this pattern with the --pattern
# option on the command line or in ~/.rspec, .rspec or `.rspec-local`.
#
# The following line is provided for convenience purposes. It has the downside
# of increasing the boot-up time by auto-requiring all files in the support
# directory. Alternatively, in the individual `*_spec.rb` files, manually
# require only the support files necessary.
#
# Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
# Checks for pending migrations and applies them before tests are run.
# If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line.
ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
Capybara.register_driver :selenium_chrome do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, browser: :chrome)
end
Capybara.javascript_driver = :selenium_chrome
RSpec.configure do |config|
# 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 = false
# RSpec Rails can automatically mix in different behaviours to your tests
# based on their file location, for example enabling you to call `get` and
# `post` in specs under `spec/controllers`.
#
# You can disable this behaviour by removing the line below, and instead
# explicitly tag your specs with their type, e.g.:
#
# RSpec.describe UsersController, :type => :controller do
# # ...
# end
#
# The different available types are documented in the features, such as in
# https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/docs
config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!
# Filter lines from Rails gems in backtraces.
config.filter_rails_from_backtrace!
# arbitrary gems may also be filtered via:
# config.filter_gems_from_backtrace("gem name")
# config.before(:suite) do
# DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
# end
#
# config.before(:each) do
# DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
# end
#
# config.before(:each, js: true) do
# DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
# end
#
# # This block must be here, do not combine with the other `before(:each)` block.
# # This makes it so Capybara can see the database.
# config.before(:each) do
# DatabaseCleaner.start
# end
#
# config.after(:each) do
# DatabaseCleaner.clean
# end
end
How can I fix this issue, or should I use create instead?
require 'support/factory_bot'you can just uncomment this line in rails_helper.rb -# Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }to require all the support files you have. – Trypsin