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33,986 PointsAdding Validation to todo items error in testing
run this test bin/rspec --format=documentation spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb, and here is my result: Failures:
1) Adding todo items displays an error with content less than 2 characters long
Failure/Error: expect(page).to have_content("There was a problem adding that todo list item.")
expected to find text "There was a problem adding that todo list item." in "There was a problem adding that todo list item"
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:41:in block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:40:in
block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
2) Adding todo items displays an error with no content
Failure/Error: expect(page).to have_content("There was a problem adding that todo list item.")
expected to find text "There was a problem adding that todo list item." in "There was a problem adding that todo list item"
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:30:in block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:29:in
block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
here is my create spec file:
require 'spec_helper'
describe "Adding todo items" do
let!(:todo_list) { TodoList.create(title: "Grocery list", description: "Groceries" ) }
def visit_todo_list(list)
visit "/todo_lists"
within "#todo_list_#{list.id}" do
click_link "List Items"
end
end
it "is successful with valid content" do
visit_todo_list(todo_list)
click_link "New Todo Item"
fill_in "Content", with: "Milk"
click_button "Save"
expect(page).to have_content("Added todo list item.")
within("ul.todo_items") do
expect(page).to have_content("Milk")
end
end
it "displays an error with no content" do
visit_todo_list(todo_list)
click_link "New Todo Item"
fill_in "Content", with: ""
click_button "Save"
within("div.flash") do
expect(page).to have_content("There was a problem adding that todo list item.")
end
expect(page).to have_content("Content can't be blank")
end
it "displays an error with content less than 2 characters long" do
visit_todo_list(todo_list)
click_link "New Todo Item"
fill_in "Content", with: "1"
click_button "Save"
within("div.flash") do
expect(page).to have_content("There was a problem adding that todo list item.")
end
expect(page).to have_content("Content is too short")
end
end
and my new.html.erb:
<%= form_for [@todo_list, @todo_item] do |form| %>
<% if @todo_item.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(@todo_item.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this todo item from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% @todo_item.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= form.label :content %>
<%= form.text_field :content %>
<%= form.submit "Save" %>
<% end %>
Charles Harpke
33,986 PointsHere is my todo_item.rb class TodoItem < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :todo_list
validates :content, presence: true,
length: { minimum: 2 }
end
Charles Harpke
33,986 PointsI found it....argh I expected to find text "There was a problem adding that todo list item." in "There was a problem adding that todo list item"
I was expecting that the sentence ends with a period, but apparently it does not.
Charles Harpke
33,986 PointsCharles Harpke
33,986 Points