0 2009-05-09T16:51:24-04:00 27 true <p>I just spent an inordinately long time trying to figure out how to get Cucumber tests to create records with Paperclip files attached. Those of you with an equally troglodytic IQ may thus find this snippet useful. The idea here, which is probably obvious, is that I have an upload-files folder in my Cucumber features folder in the root of the Rails application. I put the required sample files there. Be warned that this is actually saving the files to your public folder and they will not get removed when the test is done. When I figure out a better way of doing this I will update this article. Or better yet, if you know a better way of doing this, please a post a comment!</p> <h2>features/page_stepbs.rb:</h2> <pre class="textmate-source"><span class="source source_ruby source_ruby_rails"><span class="variable variable_other variable_other_constant variable_other_constant_ruby">Given</span> <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_arithmetic keyword_operator_arithmetic_ruby">/</span><span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_logical keyword_operator_logical_ruby">^</span><span class="variable variable_other variable_other_constant variable_other_constant_ruby">I</span> have <span class="constant constant_numeric constant_numeric_ruby">1</span> page<span class="variable variable_other variable_other_readwrite variable_other_readwrite_global variable_other_readwrite_global_pre-defined variable_other_readwrite_global_pre-defined_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_variable punctuation_definition_variable_ruby">$</span>/</span> <span class="keyword keyword_control keyword_control_start-block keyword_control_start-block_ruby">do </span> path <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_assignment keyword_operator_assignment_ruby">=</span> <span class="string string_quoted string_quoted_double string_quoted_double_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_begin punctuation_definition_string_begin_ruby">"</span><span class="source source_ruby source_ruby_embedded source_ruby_embedded_source"><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_embedded punctuation_section_embedded_ruby">#{</span><span class="variable variable_other variable_other_constant variable_other_constant_ruby">RAILS_ROOT</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_embedded punctuation_section_embedded_ruby">}</span></span>/features/upload-files/<span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_end punctuation_definition_string_end_ruby">"</span></span> image <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_assignment keyword_operator_assignment_ruby">=</span> <span class="support support_class support_class_ruby">File</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_method punctuation_separator_method_ruby">.</span><span class="keyword keyword_other keyword_other_special-method keyword_other_special-method_ruby">new</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">(</span>path <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_arithmetic keyword_operator_arithmetic_ruby">+</span> <span class="string string_quoted string_quoted_double string_quoted_double_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_begin punctuation_definition_string_begin_ruby">"</span>image.jpg<span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_end punctuation_definition_string_end_ruby">"</span></span><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">)</span> song <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_assignment keyword_operator_assignment_ruby">=</span> <span class="support support_class support_class_ruby">File</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_method punctuation_separator_method_ruby">.</span><span class="keyword keyword_other keyword_other_special-method keyword_other_special-method_ruby">new</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">(</span>path <span class="keyword keyword_operator keyword_operator_arithmetic keyword_operator_arithmetic_ruby">+</span> <span class="string string_quoted string_quoted_double string_quoted_double_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_begin punctuation_definition_string_begin_ruby">"</span>song.mp3<span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_string punctuation_definition_string_end punctuation_definition_string_end_ruby">"</span></span><span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">)</span> <span class="support support_class support_class_ruby">Page</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_method punctuation_separator_method_ruby">.</span>create!<span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">(</span><span class="constant constant_other constant_other_symbol constant_other_symbol_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_constant punctuation_definition_constant_ruby">:</span>image</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_key-value">=&gt;</span>image<span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_object punctuation_separator_object_ruby">,</span><span class="constant constant_other constant_other_symbol constant_other_symbol_ruby"><span class="punctuation punctuation_definition punctuation_definition_constant punctuation_definition_constant_ruby">:</span>song</span><span class="punctuation punctuation_separator punctuation_separator_key-value">=&gt;</span>song<span class="punctuation punctuation_section punctuation_section_function punctuation_section_function_ruby">)</span> <span class="keyword keyword_control keyword_control_ruby">end</span></span></pre> 2009-05-09T16:57:02-04:00