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spec_helper.rb for Testing Sinatra Ruby Framework CRUD Operations with RSpec and Capybara Gems
Posted on August 10, 2015 in Ruby, Sinatra by Matt Jennings

See this post for a full describe of files used in a Sinatra Ruby framework for CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) operations with RSpec and Capybara testing.

/spec/spec_helper.rb

ENV["SINATRA_ENV"] = "test"

require_relative "../server"
require "capybara"
require "database_cleaner"

Capybara.app = Sinatra::Application

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include Capybara::DSL

  config.before(:suite) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.start
  end

  config.after(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean
  end
end