如何检索和使用在RSpec / Capybara测试中创建的记录的ID？

Question

I'm trying to visit a page for an object I'm creating inside an individual test.

it "should display some text" do
  log_employee_in
  create_ticket
  visit "/tickets/#{Ticket.last.id}"
  page.should have_content 'Some Text'
end

Inside the scope of this test, Ticket.last brings up the record to the one I've just created. After this individual test, I am able to retrieve the correct record in a rails test console by issuing Ticket.last .

It seems like the record isn't truly being persisted to the database until after the current test concludes.

How can I retrieve this ID inside the test?

Answer 1

I think the implementation of visit is not correct. If the other implementation of create_ticket is correct and you're sure about that. You can try this:

it "should display some text" do
  log_employee_in
  create_ticket
  visit ticket_path(Ticket.last.id) # you should be even able to get the ticket with Ticket.last
  page.should have_content 'Some Text'
end