Configuring Geb and Spock with Maven in Eclipse

Question

Disclaimer: I've gone through so many different sources before I came here to ask this question. I've referenced the GitHub project for geb with maven, book of geb, numerous YouTube tutorials, etc. Nothing has worked.

I'm simply trying to just get a project up and running that does a very simple automated search engine test, just so I can play with the tools.

Here is my pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> 
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>nope</groupId>
    <artifactId>nope</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>testing this</name>
    <description>testing this</description>
    <build>
        <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.7.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.8</source>
                    <target>1.8</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.12</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.spockframework/spock-core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
            <version>1.1-groovy-2.4</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.codehaus.groovy/groovy-all -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
            <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
            <version>2.4.13</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.gebish/geb-spock -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
            <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-firefox-driver -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
            <version>3.9.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-chrome-driver -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
            <version>3.9.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-support -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-support</artifactId>
            <version>3.9.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-server -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
            <version>3.9.1</version>
        </dependency>


    </dependencies>
</project>

Main Groovy test class:

package com.na.tests

import spock.lang.Specification
import geb.*

class MyBaseTests extends Specification {

    def "search 'Groovy Browser Automation' in duckduckgo"() {

        given: "we are on the duckduckgo search-engine"
            go "http://duckduckgo.com"

        when: "we search for 'Groovy Browser Automation'"
            $("#search_form_homepage").q = "Groovy Browser Automation"
            $("#search_button_homepage").click()

        then: "the first result is the geb website"
            assert $("#links").find(".links_main a", 0).attr("href") == "http://www.gebish.org/"
    }
}

This is the exception I get in the test. I've run a really simple assert Hello World test that has passed, I eliminated that for the sake of clarity.:

groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: com.na.tests.MyBaseTests.go() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.String) values: [http://duckduckgo.com] Possible solutions: is(java.lang.Object), Mock(), Spy(), any(), grep(), Mock(groovy.lang.Closure) at com.na.tests.MyBaseTests.search 'Groovy Browser Automation' in duckduckgo(MyBaseTests.groovy:22)

Edit

It's worth noting that in my IDE (Eclipse), it seems some of the keywords are either not recognized or are not legit (ie: go "http://duckduckgo.com"). Makes me feel like I haven't configured something.

Answer 1

You need to extend geb.spock.GebSpec and not Specification if you want to use geb. See also gebish.org/manual/current/#spock-junit-testng