Rspec load error with Capybara (Undefined Method)

Question

So i'm pretty new to rspec, i've used Cucumber in the past with Capybara but im trying to move more towards ACTUAL rspec with Capybara as opposed to Cucumber (I have no need for the BDD gherkin language in Cucumber)

My folder structure right now is spec/test_helper and spec/features/google_test.rb (just a sample for right now)

My gemfile has included:
  gem 'capybara'
  gem 'poltergeist'
  gem 'selenium-webdriver'
  gem 'rpsec'

my test_helper.rb file (In the project/spec folder)

#test_helper.rb

#Load up Capybara
require 'rspec'
require 'capybara/rspec'

require 'capybara'
require 'capybara/dsl'

#Load up Poltergeist
require 'capybara/poltergeist'

#Set JS Supported Driver
Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist

my google_test.rb (In spec/features)

require 'test_helper'

Capybara.current_driver = :selenium
Capybara.run_server = false
Capybara.app_host = 'www.google.com'

describe  "Visit Google Home Page", :type => feature do
  it 'Google' do
    visit ('/')
  end
end

Running rspec spec/features/google_test.rb I get:

Failures:

1) Visit Google Home Page Google Failure/Error: visit ('/') NoMethodError: undefined method visit' for #<RSpec::ExampleGroups::VisitGoogleHomePage:0x007f8ef546ad30> # ./spec/features/google_test.rb:9:inblock (2 levels) in '

Finished in 0.00044 seconds (files took 0.47304 seconds to load) 1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/features/google_test.rb:8 # Visit Google Home Page Google

Any ideas?

Thomas Walpole Thomas Walpole · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-02T16:38:24

When you require capybara/rspec it configures RSpec to include the capybara DSL into tests of type :feature. There are a couple of ways to set the type on an RSpec test

describe "xyz", :type => :feature do  # note :feature is a symbol 
  # test goes here
end

feature "xyz" do # alias that automatically sets the type
  # tests go here
end

or by configuring RSpec to set the type based on directory name - https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/docs/directory-structure

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!
end

Make sure you've used one of these methods and visit should then be available

Rspec load error with Capybara (Undefined Method)

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