Spreewald

Spreewald is a collection of useful steps for cucumber. Feel free to fork.

You can find a list of all contained steps at the end of this README.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'spreewald'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install spreewald

Usage

Require all Spreewald steps by putting

require 'spreewald/all_steps'

into either your support/env.rb or step_definitions/spreewald_steps.rb.

Steps are grouped into a number of categories. If you only want to use a subset of Spreewald's steps, you can pick and choose single categories by requiring single files like this:

require 'spreewald/email_steps'
require 'spreewald/web_steps'

Spreewald binary

Spreewald comes with a binary that prints a list of all Cucumber steps from Spreewald and your project. It will filter the list by any string you pass it. Example usage:

spreewald # lists all steps
spreewald mail # lists all steps that contain "mail"

The binary also prints paths and selectors; run spreewald --help to learn more.

Waiting for page load

Spreewald's web steps are all aware that you might run them with a Selenium/Capybara webdriver, and wait for the browser to finish loading the page, if necessary.

This is done by rerunning any assertions until they succeed or a timeout is reached.

We consider a couple of potential exceptions as "retriable", including

Capybara::ElementNotFound, (R)Spec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError, Capybara::Poltergeist::ClickFailed

You can add your own error class with

ToleranceForSeleniumSyncIssues::RETRY_ERRORS << 'MyCustomError'

You can achieve this in your own steps by wrapping them inside a patiently do block, like

Then /^I should see "([^\"]*)" in the HTML$/ do |text|
  patiently do
    page.body.should include(text)
  end
end

More info here.

Overriding steps

Thanks to cucumber_priority you can override any step definition from Spreewald with your own pattern. Cucumber will not raise Cucumber::Ambiguous if your custom steps collide with a Spreewald step.

Contributing

Test applications for various Rails versions live in tests/.

• Run features in all test apps in all rubies with rake, or rake all:rubies.
• If you want, you can do this for your currently active Ruby:
  • Bundle all test apps with rake all:bundle.
  • Run features in all test apps with rake all:features.
  • Run a single feature by setting the SINGLE_FEATURE environment variable. Example: SINGLE_FEATURE=web_steps.feature:63 bundle exec rake all:features

If you would like to contribute:

• Fork the repository
• Push your changes with specs
• Make sure rake passes
• Regenerate the "Steps" section of this Readme with rake update_readme, if needed
• Make a pull request

This README

The "Steps" section is autogenerated by rake update_readme from comments in the step definitions.

Steps

development_steps.rb

• Then it should work

Marks scenario as pending

• Then console

Pauses test execution and opens an IRB shell with current context. Does not halt the application- under-test. (Replaces the "Then debugger" step that has never been adequate for its job)

• AfterStep @slow

Waits 2 seconds after each step

• AfterStep @single

Waits for keypress after each step

email_steps.rb

• When I clear my e?mails

• Then (an|no) e?mail should have been sent with:

Example:

  Then an email should have been sent with:
    """
    From: max.mustermann@example.com
    Reply-To: mmuster@gmail.com
    To: john.doe@example.com
    Subject: The subject may contain "quotes"
    Attachments: ...

    Message body goes here.
    """

You can skip lines, of course. Note that the mail body is only checked for inclusion.

• When I follow the (first|second|third)? link in the e?mail

Only works after you have retrieved the mail using "Then an email should have been sent with:"

• Then no e?mail should have been sent

• Then I should see "..." in the e?mail

Checks that the last sent email includes some text

• Then show me the e?mails

Print all sent emails to STDOUT.

• Then that e?mail should( not)? have the following lines in the body:

Only works after you've retrieved the email using "Then an email should have been sent with:"

Example:

  And that mail should have the following lines in the body:
    """
    All of these lines
    need to be present
    """

• Then that e?mail should have the following body:

Only works after you've retrieved the email using "Then an email should have been sent with:" Checks that the text should be included in the retrieved email

file_attachment_steps.rb

• Given the file "..." was attached( as (.../)?...)? to the ... above( at "...")?

Attach a file to the given model's last record.

Example (Company has a file attribute):

  Given the file "image.png" was attached to the company above

You may specify the attribute under which the file is stored …

Example (Company has a logo attribute):

  Given the file "image.png" was attached as logo to the company above

… or both a container class and its attribute name

Example (Company has many Images, Image has a file attribute)

  Given the file "image.png" was attached as Image/file to the company above

To simultaneously set the updated_at timestamp:

  Given the file "some_file" was attached to the profile above at "2011-11-11 11:11"

table_steps.rb

• Then I should( not)? see a table with (exactly )?the following rows( in any order)?:?

Check the content of tables in your HTML.

See this article for details.

timecop_steps.rb

Steps to travel through time using Timecop.

See this article for details.

• When the (date|time) is "?(\d4-\d2-\d2( \d1,2:\d2)?)"?

Example:

  Given the date is 2012-02-10
  Given the time is 2012-02-10 13:40

• When the time is "?(\d1,2:\d2)"?

Example:

  Given the time is 13:40

• When it is (\d+|a|some|a few) (seconds?|minutes?|hours?|days?|weeks?|months?|years?) (later|earlier)

Example:

  When it is 10 minutes later
  When it is a few hours earlier

web_steps.rb

Most of cucumber-rails' original web steps plus a few of our own.

Note that cucumber-rails deprecated all its steps quite a while ago with the following deprecation notice. Decide for yourself whether you want to use them:

This file was generated by Cucumber-Rails and is only here to get you a head start These step definitions are thin wrappers around the Capybara/Webrat API that lets you visit pages, interact with widgets and make assertions about page content.

If you use these step definitions as basis for your features you will quickly end up with features that are:

• Hard to maintain
• Verbose to read

A much better approach is to write your own higher level step definitions, following the advice in the following blog posts:

• http://benmabey.com/2008/05/19/imperative-vs-declarative-scenarios-in-user-stories.html
• http://dannorth.net/2011/01/31/whose-domain-is-it-anyway/
• http://elabs.se/blog/15-you-re-cuking-it-wrong

• When ... within ...

You can append within [selector] to any other web step. Be aware that within will only look at the first element that matches. If this is a problem for you following links, you might want to have a look at the 'When I follow "..." inside any "..."'-step.

Example:

  Then I should see "some text" within ".page_body"

• Given I am on ...

• When I go to ...

• Then I should be on ...

• When I press "..."

• When I follow "..."

• When I fill in "..." (with|for) "..."

Fill in text field

• When I fill in "..." (with|for):

Fill in text field with multi-line block You can use a doc string to supply multi-line text

Example:

  When I fill in "some field" with:
  """
  Apple
  Banana
  Pear
  """

• When I fill in "..." (with|for) '...'

Fill in text field

• When I select "..." from "..."

Select from select box

• When I check "..."

Check a checkbox

• When I uncheck "..."

Uncheck a checkbox

• When I choose "..."

Select a radio button

• When I attach the file "..." to "..."

Attach a file to a file upload form field

• Then I should see "..."

Checks that some text appears on the page

Note that this does not detect if the text might be hidden via CSS

• Then I should see /.../

Checks that a regexp appears on the page

Note that this does not detect if the text might be hidden via CSS

• Then I should not see "..."

• Then I should not see /.../

• Then the "..." field should (not )?contain "..."

Checks that an input field contains some value (allowing * as wildcard character)

• Then the "..." field should (not )?contain:

Checks that a multiline textarea contains some value (allowing * as wildcard character)

• Then I should see a form with the following values:

Checks that a list of label/value pairs are visible as control inputs.

Example:

  Then I should see a form with the following values:
    | E-mail | foo@bar.com   |
    | Role   | Administrator |

• Then the "..." field should have the error "..."

Checks that an input field was wrapped with a validation error

• Then the "..." field should( not)? have an error

• Then the "..." field should have no error

• Then the "..." checkbox should( not)? be checked

• Then the radio button "..." should( not)? be (checked|selected)

• Then I should have the following query string:

Example:

  I should have the following query string:
    | locale        | de  |
    | currency_code | EUR |

Succeeds when the URL contains the given locale and currency_code params

• Then show me the page

Open the current Capybara page using the launchy gem

• Then I should( not)? see a field "..."

Checks for the existance of an input field (given its id or label)

• Then I should( not)? see the (number|amount) ([-\d,.]+)( ...)?

Use this step to test for a number or money amount instead of a simple Then I should see

Checks for an unexpected minus sign, correct decimal places etc.

See here for details

• Then I should get a response with content-type "..."

Checks Content-Type HTTP header

• Then I should get a download with filename "..."

Checks Content-Disposition HTTP header

Attention: Doesn't work with Selenium, see https://github.com/jnicklas/capybara#gotchas

• Then "..." should( not)? be selected for "..."

Checks that a certain option is selected for a text field

• Then nothing should be selected for "..."

• Then "..." should( not)? be an option for "..."

Checks for the presence of an option in a select

• Then I should see '...'

Like Then I should see, but with single instead of double quotes. In case the expected string contains quotes as well.

• Then I should see "..." in the HTML

Check that the raw HTML contains a string

• Then I should not see "..." in the HTML

• Then I should see an error

Checks that status code is 400..599

• Then the window should be titled "..."

• When I reload the page

• Then (the tag )?"..." should( not)? be visible

Checks that an element is actually present and visible, also considering styles. Within a selenium test, the browser is asked whether the element is really visible In a non-selenium test, we only check for .hidden, .invisible or style: display:none

The step 'Then (the tag )?"..." should not be visible' is ambiguous. Please use 'Then (the tag )?"..." should be hidden' or 'Then I should not see "..."' instead.

More details here

• Then (the tag )?"..." should be hidden

Checks that an element is actually present and hidden, also considering styles. Within a selenium test, the browser is asked whether the element is really hidden. In a non-selenium test, we only check for .hidden, .invisible or style: display:none

• When I click on "..."

Click on some text that might not be a link.

Example:

  When I click on "Collapse"

• When I click on the element "..."

Click on an element with the given selector.

Example:

  When I click on the element ".sidebar"

• When I click on the element for ...

Click on the element with the given selector alias.

Example:

  When I click on the element for the sidebar

• Then "..." should link to "..."

Use this step to check external links.

Example:

  Then "Sponsor" should link to "http://makandra.com/"

Don't forget the trailing slash. Otherwise you'll get the error expected: /http:\/\/makandra.com(\?[^\/]*)?$/ got: "http://makandra.com/" (using =~)

• Then I should (not )?see (an|the) element "..."

Check that an element with the given selector is present on the page.

Example:

  Then I should see an element ".panel"
  Then I should see the element ".panel"
  Then I should not see an element ".sidebar"
  Then I should not see the element ".sidebar"

• Then I should (not )?see (an|the) element for ...

Check that an element with the given selector alias is present on the page.

Example:

  Then I should see an element for the panel
  Then I should see the element for the panel
  Then I should not see an element for the sidebar
  Then I should not see the element for the sidebar

• Then I should get a text response

Checks that the result has content type text/plain

• When I follow "..." inside any "..."

Click a link within an element matching the given selector. Will try to be clever and disregard elements that don't contain a matching link.

Example:

  When I follow "Read more" inside any ".text_snippet"

• Then I should( not)? see "..." inside any "..."

• When I fill in "..." with "..." inside any "..."

• When I confirm the browser dialog

• When I cancel the browser dialog

• When I enter "..." into the browser dialog

• When I switch to the new tab

• Then I should see in this order:?

Checks that these strings are rendered in the given order in a single line or in multiple lines

Example:

  Then I should see in this order:
    | Alpha Group |
    | Augsburg    |
    | Berlin      |
    | Beta Group  |

• Then the "..." (field|button) should( not)? be disabled

Tests that an input or button with the given label is disabled.

• Then the "..." field should( not)? be visible

Tests that a field with the given label is visible.

• When I wait for the page to load

Waits for the page to finish loading and AJAX requests to finish.

More details here.

• When I perform basic authentication as ".../..." and go to ...

Performs HTTP basic authentication with the given credentials and visits the given path.

More details here.

• When I go back

Goes to the previously viewed page.

• Then the "..." select should( not)? be sorted

Tests whether a select field is sorted. Uses Array#natural_sort, if defined; Array#sort else.