Capybara

Add a new selector to Capybara. Selectors can be used by various methods in Capybara to find certain elements on the page in a more convenient way. For example adding a selector to find certain table rows might look like this:

Capybara.add_selector(:row) do
  xpath { |num| ".//tbody/tr[#{num}]" }
end

This makes it possible to use this selector in a variety of ways:

find(:row, 3)
page.find('table#myTable').find(:row, 3).text
page.find('table#myTable').has_selector?(:row, 3)
within(:row, 3) { page.should have_content('$100.000') }

It might be convenient to specify that the selector is automatically chosen for certain values. This way you don't have to explicitly specify that you are looking for a row, or an id. Let's say we want Capybara to treat any Symbols sent into methods like find to be treated as though they were element ids. We could achieve this like so:

Capybara.add_selector(:id) do
  xpath { |id| XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:id) == id.to_s] }
  match { |value| value.is_a?(Symbol) }
end

Now we can retrieve elements by id like this:

find(:post_123)

Note that this particular selector already ships with Capybara.

@param [Symbol] name The name of the selector to add @yield A block executed in the context of the new {Capybara::Selector}

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 112
def add_selector(name, &block)
  Capybara::Selector.add(name, &block)
end

Configure Capybara to suit your needs.

Capybara.configure do |config|
  config.run_server = false
  config.app_host   = 'http://www.google.com'
end

Configurable options

asset_root = String

Where static assets are located, used by save_and_open_page

app_host = String

The default host to use when giving a relative URL to visit

always_include_port = Boolean

Whether the Rack server's port should automatically be inserted into every visited URL (Default: false)

run_server = Boolean

Whether to start a Rack server for the given Rack app (Default: true)

default_selector = :css/:xpath

Methods which take a selector use the given type by default (Default: CSS)

default_wait_time = Integer

The number of seconds to wait for asynchronous processes to finish (Default: 2)

ignore_hidden_elements = Boolean

Whether to ignore hidden elements on the page (Default: false)

automatic_reload = Boolean

Whether to automatically reload elements as Capybara is waiting (Default: true)

save_and_open_page_path = String

Where to put pages saved through save_and_open_page (Default: Dir.pwd)

DSL Options

when using capybara/dsl, the following options are also available:

default_driver = Symbol

The name of the driver to use by default. (Default: :rack_test)

javascript_driver = Symbol

The name of a driver to use for JavaScript enabled tests. (Default: :selenium)

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 55
def configure
  yield self
end

@return [Symbol] The name of the driver currently in use

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 200
def current_driver
  @current_driver || default_driver
end

The current Capybara::Session based on what is set as Capybara.app and Capybara.current_driver

@return [Capybara::Session] The currently used session

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 251
def current_session
  session_pool["#{current_driver}:#{session_name}:#{app.object_id}"] ||= Capybara::Session.new(current_driver, app)
end

@return [Symbol] The name of the driver to use by default

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 192
def default_driver
  @default_driver || :rack_test
end

@return [Symbol] The name of the driver used when JavaScript is needed

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 209
def javascript_driver
  @javascript_driver || :selenium
end

Register a new driver for Capybara.

Capybara.register_driver :rack_test do |app|
  Capybara::Driver::RackTest.new(app)
end

@param [Symbol] name The name of the new driver @yield [app] This block takes a rack app and returns a Capybara driver @yieldparam [<Rack>] app The rack application that this driver runs agains. May be nil. @yieldreturn [Capybara::Driver::Base] A Capybara driver instance

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 72
def register_driver(name, &block)
  drivers[name] = block
end

Reset sessions, cleaning out the pool of sessions. This will remove any session information such as cookies.

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 260
def reset_sessions!
  session_pool.each { |mode, session| session.reset! }
end

Runs Capybara's default server for the given application and port under most circumstances you should not have to call this method manually.

@param [Rack Application] app The rack application to run @param [Fixnum] port The port to run the application on

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 177
def run_default_server(app, port)
  begin
    require 'rack/handler/thin'
    Thin::Logging.silent = true
    Rack::Handler::Thin.run(app, :Port => port)
  rescue LoadError
    require 'rack/handler/webrick'
    Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run(app, :Port => port, :AccessLog => [], :Logger => WEBrick::Log::new(nil, 0))
  end
end

Register a proc that Capybara will call to run the Rack application.

Capybara.server do |app, port|
  require 'rack/handler/mongrel'
  Rack::Handler::Mongrel.run(app, :Port => port)
end

By default, Capybara will try to run thin, falling back to webrick.

@yield [app, port] This block recieves a rack app and port and should run a Rack handler

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 133
def server(&block)
  if block_given?
    @server = block
  else
    @server
  end
end

The current session name.

@return [Symbol] The name of the currently used session.

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 271
def session_name
  @session_name ||= :default
end

Wraps the given string, which should contain an HTML document or fragment in a {Capybara::Node::Simple} which exposes all {Capybara::Node::Matchers} and {Capybara::Node::Finders}. This allows you to query any string containing HTML in the exact same way you would query the current document in a Capybara session. For example:

node = Capybara.string <<-HTML
  <ul>
    <li id="home">Home</li>
    <li id="projects">Projects</li>
  </ul>
HTML

node.find('#projects').text # => 'Projects'
node.has_selector?('li#home', :text => 'Home')
node.has_selector?(:projects)
node.find('ul').find('li').text # => 'Home'

@param [String] html An html fragment or document @return [Capybara::Node::Simple] A node which has Capybara's finders and matchers

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 164
def string(html)
  Capybara::Node::Simple.new(html)
end

Use the default driver as the current driver

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 217
def use_default_driver
  @current_driver = nil
end

Yield a block using a specific driver

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 225
def using_driver(driver)
  previous_driver = Capybara.current_driver
  Capybara.current_driver = driver
  yield
ensure
  @current_driver = previous_driver
end

Yield a block using a specific session name.

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 279
def using_session(name)
  self.session_name = name
  yield
ensure
  self.session_name = :default
end

Yield a block using a specific wait time

# File lib/capybara.rb, line 237
def using_wait_time(seconds)
  previous_wait_time = Capybara.default_wait_time
  Capybara.default_wait_time = seconds
  yield
ensure
  Capybara.default_wait_time = previous_wait_time
end