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POundefined method `visit' when using RSpec and Capybara in rails
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copied!<p>I can't get capybara working with rspec. It gives me this error:</p> <pre><code>undefined method `visit' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x16529f8 @example=nil> </code></pre> <p>I know there are lots of posts about this but non of the solutions are working for me. Most of them involve the specs not being in /spec/features - which mine is in.</p> <p>First the error: </p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>$bundle exec rspec spec F Failures: 1) security signs users in Failure/Error: visit "/sessions/new" NoMethodError: undefined method `visit' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x16529f8 @example=nil> # ./spec/features/security_spec.rb:4:in `(root)' Finished in 0.006 seconds 1 example, 1 failure Failed examples: rspec ./spec/features/security_spec.rb:3 # security signs users in </code></pre> <p>I think its important to note that at first I was using the URL Helper 'new_sessions_path' and it kept giving me an error <code>undefined local variable or method 'new_sessions_path'</code>. I know it is valid because: </p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>$ rake routes logout_sessions GET /sessions/logout(.:format) sessions#logout sessions POST /sessions(.:format) sessions#create new_sessions GET /sessions/new(.:format) sessions#new contracts POST /contracts(.:format) contracts#create new_contracts GET /contracts/new(.:format) contracts#new edit_contracts GET /contracts/edit(.:format) contracts#edit GET /contracts(.:format) contracts#show PUT /contracts(.:format) contracts#update DELETE /contracts(.:format) contracts#destroy root / contracts#index </code></pre> <p>My Gemfile: </p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>source 'https://rubygems.org' gem 'rails', '3.2.11' gem 'execjs' group :assets do gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.3' gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1' gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3' end gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter', '~> 1.4.1' gem 'jruby-openssl' gem 'therubyrhino' gem 'kaminari' gem 'nokogiri' group :development do gem 'warbler' end group :test do gem 'rspec-rails' gem 'capybara' gem 'activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter' end </code></pre> <p>spec_helper.rb inside of my_app/spec: </p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code># This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install' ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test' require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__) require 'rspec/rails' require 'rspec/autorun' # Capybara integration require 'capybara/rspec' require 'capybara/rails' # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc, # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories. Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f} RSpec.configure do |config| # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures # config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures" config.use_transactional_fixtures = true config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false config.order = "random" # Include path helpers config.include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers end </code></pre> <p>my_app/spec/features/security_spec.rb: </p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>describe "security", :type => :feature do it "signs users in" do visit "/sessions/new" fill_in "username", :with => "user" fill_in "password", :with => "pass" click_button "Sign In" page.should have_content('Login Successful') end end </code></pre> <p>I've tried defining the test above both with and without <code>:type => :feature</code>. It makes no difference either way. Any ideas what I should try next?</p>

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