Cucumber: Detect if the current Capybara driver supports Javascript
Copy the attached file to features/support. This gets you a convenience method:
Capybara.javascript_test?
Is true for Selenium, capybara-webkit, Poltergeist and a custom driver called :chrome (which we sometimes like to use for Selenium+Chrome).
Similar sounding but completely different card: Detect if a Javascript is running under Selenium WebDriver (with Rails)
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Detect the current Rails environment from JavaScript or CSS
Detecting if a Javascript is running under Selenium WebDriver is super-painful. It's much easier to detect the current Rail...
Check that an element is hidden via CSS with Spreewald
If you have content inside a page that is hidden by CSS, the following will work with Selenium, but not when using the Rack::Test driver. The Selenium driver correctly only considers text that is actually visible to a user.
Then I should not ...
Upgrading Cucumber and Capybara to the latest versions available for Rails 2
Specify these gem versions in your Gemfile:
gem 'cucumber', '~> 1.3.0'
gem 'cucumber-rails', '= 0.3.2' # max version for Rails 2
gem 'capybara', '< 2' # capybara 2+ requires Rails 3
gem 'mime-types', '< 2' # dependeny of capybara
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How to set the user agent in tests
The User-Agent HTTP header identifies the client and is sent by "regular" browsers, search engine crawlers, or other web client software.
Cucumber
In Rack::Test, you can set your user agent like this on Capybara:
Given /^my user age...
Capybara: Testing file downloads
Download buttons can be difficult to test, especially with Selenium. Depending on browser, user settings and response headers, one of three things can happen:
- The browser shows a "Save as..." dialog. Since it is a modal dialog, we can no longer...
Raising JavaScript errors in Ruby E2E tests (RSpec, Cucumber)
A JavaScript error in an E2E test with Selenium will not cause your test to fail. This may cause you to miss errors in your frontend code.
Using the BrowserConsole helper below you can check your browser's error console from your E2E tests.
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How to accept or deny JavaScript confirmation dialogs in Capybara/Selenium
These methods are available to you:
page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.accept
page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.dismiss
page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.text # the confirmation text
[Spreewald](https://github.com/makandra/spree...
Capybara: Waiting for pending AJAX requests after a test
When ending a Selenium test Capybara resets the browser state by closing the tab, clearing cookies, localStorage, etc.
It may be a good idea to wait for all in-flight AJAX requests to finish before ending a scenario:
- You may have client-side...
Capybara: Most okayest helper to download and inspect files
Testing file download links in an end-to-end test can be painful, especially with Selenium.
The attached download_helpers.rb provides a download_link method for your Capybara tests. It returns a hash describing the download...
Cucumber: Skipping steps in a scenario outline, based on the current example
In Cucumber, scenario outlines help avoiding tests that are basically the same, except for a few variables (such as different inputs). So far, nothing new.
The problem
Now what if your test should (or should not) do something, like filling in ...