CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-railsfactory-botrspec-rails
kofhearts
kofhearts

Reputation: 3794

Why does create from factory_girl throw error?

When i don't use factory_girl

I can create objects in my rspec test as 

 u = User.create(email: '[email protected]', password: 'asdqweqweqe', admin: true, firstname: 'qwe', lastname: 'wer', grade: 5, section: 'w')
        expect(u.errors[:email]).to_not be_empty
   expect(u.errors[:role]).to_not be_empty

This way i can check for validation error i.e 

   expect(u.errors[:role]).to_not be_empty

but if i use factory girl

  factory :user_no_role, class: User do

    email '[email protected]'
    password 'asasdasdasd'
    admin true
    firstname 'qwe'
    lastname 'wer'
    grade 5
    section 'w'

  end


it 'role should be present' do
        u = create(:user_no_role)
        expect(u.errors[:role]).to_not be_empty
  end

I get the following error

    User role should be present
     Failure/Error: u = create(:user_no_role)

     ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid:
       Validation failed: Role can't be blank

does factory_girl create method throw error? if so how can i test for validation error with rspecs as done above? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 396

Answers (1)

everyman
everyman

Reputation: 3407

Create will throw validation exceptions, since you are trying to save them immediately.

If you would just build one, like:

u = User.new(...)

u.valid? 
=> false

u.errors # is not empty

This should apply to FactoryGirl.build too 

it 'role should be present' do
  u = build(:user_no_role)
  expect(u.errors[:role]).to_not be_empty
end

BTW: User.create will not throw exceptions - but User.create! does.

See the ActiveRecord docs of create! and FactoryGirl docs of build for more infos.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions