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Donald Gray II
5,341 PointsNoMethodError: undefined method…
When I run bin/rspec spec/models/todo_item_spec.rb, it returns:
F
Failures:
1) TodoItem
Failure/Error: it { should belong_to(:todo_list) }
NoMethodError:
undefined method belong_to' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0xb9a97eb4>
# ./spec/models/todo_item_spec.rb:5:inblock (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.00135 seconds 1 example, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/models/todo_item_spec.rb:5 # TodoItem
Randomized with seed 14438
My code for todo_item_spec.rb is:
require 'spec_helper'
describe TodoItem do
it { should belong_to(:todo_list) }
end
When I run bin/rspec spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb, it returns:
F
Failures:
1) TodoList should have many :todo_items
Failure/Error: it { should have_many(:todo_items) }
NoMethodError:
undefined method has_many?' for #<TodoList:0xb9f42f68>
# ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb:5:inblock (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.00893 seconds 1 example, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb:5 # TodoList should have many :todo_items
Randomized with seed 59687
My code for todo_list_spec.rb is:
require 'spec_helper'
describe TodoList do
it { should have_many(:todo_items) }
end
Donald Gray II
5,341 PointsSeth, Thank you for your reply.
I attempted the install of the should-matchers gem again, bundled, and then verified the install and location using:
bundle show shoulda-matchers
Versions of gems are:
- shoulda-matchers 3.0.0
- rails 4.0.1
- spec-rails 2.0.
- capybara 2.1.0
The original errors persist, even after attempting the shoulda-matchers reinstall.
Megan Mann
8,808 PointsJust FYI -- I'm also getting the same errors, haven't been able to resolve, googled for a while but no luck.
6 Answers
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsPer the shoulda-matchers docs, you need to add some configuration to your spec_helper.rb. I looked back at my odot, I had shoulda-matchers 2.6.0 and no configuration. This must be new in 3.0. Anyways, you will need:
Shoulda::Matchers.configure do |config|
config.integrate do |with
with.test_framework :rspec
with.library :rails
end
end
Add that to the end of spec_helper.rb. (Outside of the rspec configure block.) You should get a pass now.
Megan Mann
8,808 PointsThank you for finding this! I should have looked harder. :/
Your solution worked (except your config.integrate block is missing a second pipe on the with variable).
So it should look like this:
Shoulda::Matchers.configure do |config|
config.integrate do |with|
with.test_framework :rspec
with.library :rails
end
end
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsOops, good catch.
Donald Gray II
5,341 PointsThanks so much, Seth! That worked! I'll have to be more fearless about combing through the docs. Great find.
Donald Gray II
5,341 PointsThank you, Megan, for catching the error with the second pipe. Your profile photo update also gets a thumbs up.
Ariel Espinal
5,451 Pointsi love you guyz! thank you!
Donald Gray II
5,341 PointsAriel, I'm glad I wasn't the only one with that question.
Mark Megahey
7,837 PointsFor anyone still having issues & is using rspec 3.x:
it needs to be added to the end of rails_helper not spec_helper
https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers/issues/803
Quote from this thread that makes ALOT of sence.
"The shoulda-matchers configuration should not be added to spec_helper, but to rails_helper.
When you run the rspec executable, because you have --require spec_helper in .rspec, RSpec will load spec_helper first before it tries to run any files. The goal of spec_helper is to set up any tests that don't need Rails to run; therefore, it will not load your Rails environment or automatically require any gems in your Gemfile, including shoulda-matchers. This is why the Shoulda constant isn't available. To fix this, move that configuration block into rails_helper (which does set up a Rails environment) and everything should be golden."
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsThis depends on the version of rspec. I believe in the course Jason specifies rspec 2.0. In this case there is only a spec_helper.rb fil. In rspec 3.0 you have a spec_helper.rb and rails_helper.rb. In this case all customization does go in rails_helper.rb
Mark Megahey
7,837 PointsI have updated the answer to reflect the rspec version re: @Seth Reece
Katie OK
1,946 PointsThanks so much for your explanation!! That totally fixed my issue!
Katie OK
1,946 PointsThanks so much for your explanation!! That totally fixed my issue!
Travis Smith
7,189 PointsHi guys,
I'm using Rspec 3.2.3 but can't find a rails_helper.rb file. I put the updated configuration in the spec_helper.rb file and everything is working correctly but wondering why I'm missing the rails_helper.rb file?
Any thoughts?
Taylor Williams
103 PointsWIth shoulda-matchers 3.0.1 an extra configuration step is needed as answered above by Seth.
For reference:
https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#configuration
Philomath Ingeniare
12,441 PointsFor any who is still having issues, I had to include "require 'shoulda/matchers'" in spec_helper.rb, in addition, to the above mentioned code snippet.
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsSeth Reece
32,867 PointsDid shoulda-matchers gem get bundled properly? You may need to use gem install shoulda-matchers, then bundle.