DataDepo

DataDepo is data depository utility for testing, etc.

$ gem install data_depo

When you write the following data file in YAML file as depots/users.yml...

- name: John Doe
  email: john.doe@xxx.xx
  password: password
- name: Jane Doe
  email: jane.doe@xxx.xx
  password: drowssap
- name: John Smith
  email: john.smith@xxx.xx
  password: bassworq

you can access the contents the following manner:

require 'data_depo'

DataDepo.definition_path = 'depots'
DataDepo.users.each do |u|
  puts u["name"]
end

=> John Doe
   Jane Doe
   John Smith

You can have multiple data files as one group. In case you have the following two YAML files:

(depots/users/foo.yml)

- name: John Doe
  email: john.doe@xxx.xx
  password: password
- name: Jane Doe
  email: jane.doe@xxx.xx
  password: drowssap

(depots/users/baa.yml)

- name: John Roe
  email: john.roe@xxx.xx
  password: bassworq
- name: Jane Roe
  email: jane.roe@xxx.xx
  password: dassworp

You can access contents of the both files in the same manner.

require 'data_depo'

DataDepo.definition_path = 'depots'
DataDepo.users.each do |u|
  puts u["name"]
end

When DataDepo receives a method, it searches a file or a directory that has a name of the method in the path defined by definition_path and tries to read data from there.

You can define some custom actions. When you define the following module...

module DataDepo
  module UsersAction
    def puts_all
      self.each do |u|
        puts u
      end
    end
  end
end

you can do this.

DataDepo.users.puts_all
=> {"name"=>"John Doe", "email"=>"john.doe@xxx.xx", "password"=>"password"}
   ...