Trouble with Cucumber and URI::InvalidURIError

Question

I am trying to start my cucumber tests. I get the error:

bad URI (absolute but no path): http:// (URI::InvalidURIError)
/home/de..........:common.rb:146:in 'split'
/home/de..........:common.rb:211:in 'parse'
/home/de..........:common.rb:747:in 'parse'
...

How can I troubleshoot this issue?

Answer 1

Issue was because of http_proxy in ubuntu.

Answer 2

Might be the case of spaces in the url specified somewhere in your cucumber feature file, as explained here: http://www.practicalguile.com/2007/09/15/raising-uriinvalidurierror-from-a-perfectly-valid-uri/