Cucumber step definition

Question

I am using Cucumber/Capybara to write some feature level tests.

Here is my feature definition

Feature: User Signin
  As a User
  I want to signin
  So i can use my app

  Background:
      Given user with "email" email and "password" password

  Scenario: Signing in with correct credentials
      When I go to sign in page
      And I fill in "user_email" with "email"
      And I fill in "user_password" with "password"
      And I click "Sign in" button
      Then I should go to the dashboard page

How do i define the step to check if it went to a specific page? Basically how do i define the following step?

Then(/^I should go to the dashboard page$/) do
end

Also is there a documentation for Cucumber/Capybara step definitions?

Andrei Botalov Andrei Botalov · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27T21:37:16

There are several possibilities:

Check page's path/url using current_path or current_url methods:

Then(/^I should go to the dashboard page$/) do
  current_path.should == expected_path
  # or current_path.should == expected_url
end

Check contents of the page using one of RSpec matchers

Then(/^I should go to the dashboard page$/) do
  page.should have_css('#id_that_is_present_only_at_dashboard_page')
end

Also you may use page object pattern and do something like:

current_path.should == DashboardPage.path

Cucumber step definition

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