How can I test with a certain word is a link or not with Cucumber?

Question

I would like this custom step:

Then I should see the link 'foo'

and his opposite:

But I should not see the link 'foo'

In the page I can have something like:

lorem foo bar

or alternatively

lorem <a href=''>foo</a> bar

I need to test when 'foo' is a link and when isn't. Thank you.

Answer 1

Try something like this (I haven't tried running it, so minor tweaks might be needed):

Then /^I should see the link "([^\"]*)"$/ do |linked_text|
  # AFAIK this raises an exception if the link is not found
  find_link(linked_text)
end

Then /^I should not see the link "([^\"]*)"$/ do |linked_text|
  begin
    find_link(linked_text)
    raise "Oh no, #{linked_text} is a link!"
  rescue
    # cool, the text is not a link
  end
end