Trying to test that page contains <title>My Title</title>
with:
# spec/features/reports_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'
feature "Archive Management" do
subject { page }
describe "Index Page" do
before(:all) { 10.times { FactoryGirl.create(:randomreport) } }
after(:all) { Report.delete_all }
describe "when no search terms present" do
before { visit reports_path }
it { should have_selector('title', text: 'My Title') } # <= Fails w/Capybara 2.0
it { should have_selector('title') } # <= passes
it { should have_text('My Title') } # <= passes
it { should have_selector('h2', text: "Welcome") } # <= passes
end
end
end
Error message:
Failure/Error: it { should have_selector('title', text: base_title) }
Capybara::ExpectationNotMet:
expected to find css "title" with text "My Title" but there were no matches. Also found "", which matched the selector but not all filters.
I know I'm overlooking the painfully obvious but can't figure out what it is? Are <title>
tags no longer considered 'selectors'?!? Or…?!?
Edit (debugger info):
If I drop down into the debugger as cleverly suggested by @shioyama it is clear that the page.body contains <title>My Title</title>
. The same page.body that contains <h2>Welcome to My Title Project</h2>
and passes!
It appears to find the <title>
…</title>
tag but not My Title
within it. But it does find My Title
later in the page within <a href=\"/\" class=\"brand\">My Title</a>
and/or in <h2>Welcome to The My Title Project</h2>
:
(rdb:1) p page
#<Capybara::Session>
(rdb:1) p page.body
"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title>My Title</title>\n
<meta content='research, report, technology' name='keywords'>\n<meta
content='Some Project' name='description'>\n<link href=\"/assets/application.css\"
...
</head>\n<body>\n<header class='navbar navbar-fixed-top
navbar-inverse'>\n<div class='navbar-inner'>\n<div class='container'>\n
<a href=\"/\" class=\"brand\">My Title</a>\n<div class='pull-right'>\n
<ul class='nav'>\n<li><a href=\"/about\">About</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/help\">Help</a>
</li>\n</ul>\n<form accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" action=\"/reports\"
class=\"navbar-search\" method=\"get\"><div style=\"margin:0;padding:0;display:inline\">
<input name=\"utf8\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"✓\" /></div>\n
<input class=\"search-query\" id=\"query\" name=\"query\"
placeholder=\"Search\" type=\"text\" />\n</form>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</header>\n\n
<div class='container'>\n<div class='hero-unit center'>\n<h1>My Title</h1>\n
<h2>Welcome to The My Title Project</h2>\n<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
...
What else could I try in the debugger to figure out why have_selector?('title', text: …) is failing?
So, what is the proper way to test for a title in Capybara 2.0?
Best Answer
I had the same issues when I upgraded to Capybara 2.0, and managed to solve them by creating the following custom RSpec matcher using
Capybara.string
:spec/support/utilities.rb
Now, in a spec file where
subject { page }
, I can use:As an aside, the conversation on this question was extremely helpful in getting me to this answer, so thank you!
Update 1:
If you don't want to create a custom RSpec matcher, thanks to this StackOverflow answer by user dimuch I now know that you can call
have_selector
directly onpage.source
(aliasedpage.body
) to test for non-visible DOM elements:or where
subject { page }
:Update 2:
From Capybara 2.1, there are built-in
have_title
/has_title?
matchers, negating the need for the custom RSpec matcher in this answer. Furthermore, theits(:source) { ... }
tests described in Update 1 seem to break under Capybara 2.1; I've confirmed thehave_title
/has_title?
work as expected, so it's probably best to go with the following syntax if you plan on upgrading:When
subject { page }
:When using
expect
syntax within anit
/scenario
block: