VCR: Inspecting a request
Using VCR Show archive.org snapshot to record communication with remote APIs is a great way to stub requests in tests. However, you may still want to look at the request data like the payload your application sent.
Using WebMock, this is simple: Make your request (which will record/play a VCR cassette), then ask WebMock about it:
expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, 'http://example.com').with(body: 'yolo')
Easy peasy.