Undefined Webrat methods in Cucumber

Question

When I set up a new rails 3.1.3 project and write a Cucumber story with Webrat code, like this:

response.should contain("abc")

and I run rake cucumber, I get:

undefined method `contain' for #<Cucumber::Rails::World:0x00000003d2c578> (NoMethodError)

I believe that either Cucumber or Webrat or Rails is broken because I did nothing special at all and stuck to documentation.

The following steps reproduce the error:

rvm 1.9.2
rails new testapp -d mysql
cd testapp
{{ Edit database.yml }}
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
gem install cucumber-rails
gem install webrat
gem install database_cleaner
{{ Edit Gemfile to include 'cucumber-rails', 'webrat' and 'database_cleaner' without version numbers }}
bundle install
rails g cucumber:install
rails g controller genres index
add "resources :genres" to routes.rb
{{ rails s and http://localhost:3000/genres works now }}
Create /features/create_movie.feature with contents:

Feature: Create movie

Description

  Scenario: Create a movie in genre
    Given a genre named Comedy
    When I create a movie Caddyshack in the Comedy genre
    Then Caddyshack should be in the Comedy genre

Create /features/step_definitions/movie_steps.rb with contents:

Given /^a genre named Comedy$/ do end

When /^I create a movie Caddyshack in the Comedy genre$/ do
end

Then /^Caddyshack should be in the Comedy genre$/ do
  visit genres_path
  response.should contain("abc")
end

rake cucumber
It fails with the error quoted above.
Various suggestions in the internet did NOT work (e.g. Undefined webrat methods in cucumber step_definitions)
My versions:

rails 3.1.3
cucumber 1.1.4
cucumber-rails 1.2.1
webrat 0.7.3
rack 1.3.5
rake 0.9.2.2

Any hints about how to resolve this?

Paul Brit Paul Brit · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-10T11:36:39

Now by default Cucumber use Capybary instead of Webrat .

You need use have_content instead.

Correct snippet below:

When /^I create a movie Caddyshack in the Comedy genre$/ do
end

Then /^Caddyshack should be in the Comedy genre$/ do
  visit genres_path
  response.should have_content("abc")
end

Undefined Webrat methods in Cucumber

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