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Capybara cheatsheet

Capybara Actions

    click_link 'Save'

    click_button 'awesome'

    click_link_or_button 'Save'

    fill_in 'Name', with: 'Content'

    check 'Content'
    uncheck 'Content'

    choose 'Content'

    select 'Option', from: 'Label'

    attach_file Rails.root.join('spec/fixture/some_file.png')

Capybara finders

     page.all(:xpath, '//a')

     page.first(:xpath, '//a')

     page.find('//textarea[@id="additional_newline"]')

     page.find(:xpath, "//input[@id='form_pets_dog']")['checked']
     # => true

     page.find(:css, '#with_focus_event').trigger(:focus)

     page.find(:css,'.wrapper').hover

     page.find_field("test_field").value
     # => 'blah'

     page.find_by_id('red').tag_name
     # => 'a'

     # finds invisible elements when false
     page.find_by_id("hidden_via_ancestor", visible: false)

     page.find_button('What an Awesome')[:value]
     # => 'awesome'

     page.find_link('abo').text
     # => 'labore'

     page.find_link('other')[:href]
     # => '/some_uri'

Capybara within

     within(search_form) do
       fill_in 'Name', with: 'iOS 7'
       click_button 'Search'
     end

     def search_form
       '.search_form'
     end

     within_fieldset("villain_fieldset") do
       # ...
     end

     within_table("some_table") do
       # ...
     end

     # Execute the given block within the given iframe using given frame name or index.
     #
     within_frame('some_frame') do
     end

     save_page

     # You need to install launchy gem.
     save_and_open_page

Capybara common

    visit("http:google.com")

    page.current_url

    # Execute the given script, not returning a result. This is useful for scripts that return
    # complex objects, such as jQuery statements. +execute_script+ should be used over
    # +evaluate_script+ whenever possible.
    #
    page.execute_script("$('#change').text('Funky Doodle')")

    # Evaluate the given JavaScript and return the result. Be careful when using this with
    # scripts that return complex objects, such as jQuery statements. +execute_script+ might
    # be a better alternative.
    #
    page.evaluate_script("1+3")
    # => 4

    using_wait_time 6 do
      # ... Changed Capybara.default_wait_time in this block scope.
    end

Capybara Matchers

    expect(page).to have_content("Some Content")
    expect(page).to have_no_content("Some Content")

    # True if there is a anchor tag with text matching regex
    expect(page).to have_xpath("//a")
    expect(page).to have_xpath("//a",:href => "google.com")
    expect(page).to have_xpath("//a[@href => 'google.com']")
    expect(page).to have_xpath("//a[contains(.,'some string')]")
    expect(page).to have_xpath("//p//a", :text => /re[dab]i/i, :count => 1)

     # can take both xpath and css as input and can take arguments similar to both have_css and have_xpath
     expect(page).to have_selector(:xpath, "//p/h1")
     expect(page).to have_selector(:css, "p a#post_edit_path")

     expect(page).to have_css("input#post_title")
     expect(page).to have_css("input#post_title", :value => "Capybara cheatsheet")

     # True if there are 3 input tags in response
     expect(page).to have_css("input", :count => 3)

     # True if there or fewer or equal to 3 input tags
     expect(page).to have_css("input", :maximum => 3)

     # True if there are minimum of 3 input tags
     expect(page).to have_css("input", :minimum => 3)

     # True if there 1 to 3 input tags
     expect(page).to have_css("input", :between => 1..3)

     # True if there is a anchor tag with text hello
     expect(page).to have_css("p a", :text => "hello")
     expect(page).to have_css("p a", :text => /[hH]ello(.+)/i)

    # For making capybara to take css as default selector
    Capybara.default_selector = :css

    # checks for the presence of the input tag
    expect(page).to have_selector("input")

    # checks for input tag with value
    expect(page).to have_selector("input", :value =>"Post Title")

    expect(page).to have_no_selector("input")

    # For making capybara to take css as default selector
    Capybara.default_selector = :xpath
    # checks for the presence of the input tag
    expect(page).to have_selector("//input")

    # checks for input tag with value
    expect(page).to have_selector("//input", :value =>"Post Title")

    # checks for presence of a input field named FirstName in a form
    expect(page).to have_field("FirstName")

    expect(page).to have_field("FirstName", :value => "Rambo")
    expect(page).to have_field("FirstName", :with => "Rambo")

    expect(page).to have_link("Foo")
    expect(page).to have_link("Foo", :href=>"googl.com")
    expect(page).to have_no_link("Foo", :href=>"google.com")
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