Capybara::Status::Logger

Get a useful error message from Capybara when the server spits out an error page.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'capybara-status-logger'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install capybara-status-logger

Usage

include the Capybara::Status::Logger mixin in your Capybara wrapper class(es) and invoke print_error with the path being visited:

...
class PageObject
  include Capybara::DSL # required
  ...
  include Capybara::Status::Logger # include mixin

  def visit(path)
    super
    print_error(path) # will check for errors and use `path` in the error message
  end

  ...
end
...

Effect

Produces error messages resembling this when running Capybara tests:

...
     Capybara::WindowError:
       Got status 500 visiting /admin/users?as=auth0%7C3

       NameError in Admin::Users#index
       Trace:
       app/views/admin/bulk_actions/_bulk_actions.html.haml:19:in `_app_views_admin_bulk_actions__bulk_actions_html_haml___2210073073125870582_70105586184080'
...

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/careport/capybara-status-logger.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.