rspec users - Oct 2008 - Testing item links in Webrat (was: Cucumber)

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Mark Thomson <mark.thomson at ieee.org>
wrote:
> I have an index template that contains a tabulated list of database items,
> each of which has an associated "display" link that enables the
item to be
> displayed via a "show" action. In Cucumber I know how to test
that the show
> template is rendered when one of those links is clicked using
webrat''s
> "click_link" method and response.should render_template.
>
This is a Webrat question - not a Cucumber question.
> What I''m not sure about is whether it''s possible to
specify that a
> particular link gets clicked, since there are multiple links on the page
> with the same text. I''d like to be able to test that the
particular database
Use the #clicks_link_within method in Webrat.

Aslak
> record that gets used in the show template corresponds to the one whose
> display link was clicked.
>
> Any thoughts on this? Is a story-level test the right place to be checking
> this, or should it be handled in an object level test?
>
> Mark.
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aslak hellesoy wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Mark Thomson <mark.thomson at
ieee.org> wrote:
>   
>> I have an index template that contains a tabulated list of database
items,
>> each of which has an associated "display" link that enables
the item to be
>> displayed via a "show" action. In Cucumber I know how to test
that the show
>> template is rendered when one of those links is clicked using
webrat''s
>> "click_link" method and response.should render_template.
>>
>>     
>
> This is a Webrat question - not a Cucumber question.
>   
Only if you know the answer :-)
>   
>> What I''m not sure about is whether it''s possible to
specify that a
>> particular link gets clicked, since there are multiple links on the
page
>> with the same text. I''d like to be able to test that the
particular database
>>     
>
> Use the #clicks_link_within method in Webrat.
>
> Aslak
>   
Thanks Aslak. You''ve made me realize I have been looking at an old 
version of the documentation, here: 
http://www.brynary.com/uploads/webrat/rdoc/index.html. So I didn''t 
realize there was a click_links_within method. Google has just led me 
here: http://webrat.rubyforge.org/.

Mark.
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On 10/26/08, Mark Thomson <mark.thomson at ieee.org> wrote:
> Google has just led me here: http://webrat.rubyforge.org/.
Please make sure you view http://github.com/brynary/webrat/tree/master
for the latest code as things change much faster they they get pushed
up to RubyForge.

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Josh Knowles wrote:
> On 10/26/08, Mark Thomson <mark.thomson at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Google has just led me here: http://webrat.rubyforge.org/.
>>     
>
> Please make sure you view http://github.com/brynary/webrat/tree/master
> for the latest code as things change much faster they they get pushed
> up to RubyForge.
>   
Thanks, although note that that also leads back to the old documentation.

On 27 Oct 2008, at 00:01, Mark Thomson wrote:
> aslak hellesoy wrote:
>>
>>> What I''m not sure about is whether it''s possible
to specify that a
>>> particular link gets clicked, since there are multiple links on  
>>> the page
>>> with the same text. I''d like to be able to test that the  
>>> particular database
>> Use the #clicks_link_within method in Webrat.
> Thanks Aslak. You''ve made me realize I have been looking at an old
> version of the documentation, here:
http://www.brynary.com/uploads/webrat/rdoc/index.html
> . So I didn''t realize there was a click_links_within method.
Google
> has just led me here: http://webrat.rubyforge.org/.
The webrat code is very simple and readable IMO, even for a ruby  
newbie like me. When I''m wondering how to do something, I usually just
open the source.

I think there''s also a #within call which takes a block, so you might  
be able to do something like.

within :div_for_object_123 do
	clicks_link ''Follow Me''
end

This is based on a conversation I heard over the other side of the  
desk, so take it with a pinch of salt ;)

cheers,
Matt