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Daryn
Daryn

Reputation: 3768

What is the page variable in Capybara tests?

When using Capybara, what is the difference between calling page.find('#name') and find('#name').

Is it that same thing, as this answer states What's the meaning of page and page.body in Capybara

I am just looking for more of an explanation and when I would need to use page outside of asserts.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 647

Answers (1)

iskvmk
iskvmk

Reputation: 392

As it is described in source code:

# Shortcut to accessing the current session.
# @return [Capybara::Session] The current session object

def page
  Capybara.current_session
end

When you do find('#name') current session's find method is called. So there is no difference between calling page.find('#name') and find('#name').
I guess this shortcut was created just to keep asserts code intuitive and understandable:

expect(page).to have_css(#name)

looks better than

expect(Capybara.current_session).to have_css(#name)

Upvotes: 1

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