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how to use capybara-webkit to get a message send to external network

Assume a user is updating his password, and click submit， the system will send an email which include a confirmation link to his mailbox. My question is： how can I get the email and click the confirmation link when I use rspec+capybara-webkit test my system,

Solution

  • Hope you want to test email of ActionMailer by opening it.

    Please use capybara-email gem

    https://github.com/dockyard/capybara-email

    you can do below stuff

    Scenario: Email is sent to winning user
  Given "me@example.com" is playing a game
  When that user picks a winning piece
  Then "me@example.com" receives an email with "You've Won!" as the subject

Then /^"([^"]*)" receives an email with "([^"]*)" as the subject$/ do |email_address, subject|
  open_email(email_address)
  expect(current_email.subject).to eq subject
end