CapybaraApiHelpers

Simple helpers for testing an API with Capybara and rspec.

You're not supposed to test APIs with Capybara, but sometimes it's convenient.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'capybara_api_helpers'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install capybara_api_helpers

In your spec_helper.rb, add this line:

config.include CapybaraApiHelpers, type: :feature

In your specs, you can now test your api with the methods hit_api (which defaults to GET), put_api, and post_api. They will do what (I hope) is expected, and will use the JSON format.

Here's an example:

response = hit_api 'v2/things'

expect(response.size).to eq 5

first_thing = things.first

expect(first_thing['name']).to eq 'Chapstick'

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/capybara_api_helpers/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

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