undefined method 'file_field' for main:Object (NoMethodError)

[AndreiH]

Hello,

I would like to setup the HTMLFormatter into my project, when I run the automated tests. After successfully installing watir-rspec into rspec_helper.rb, I also wanted to setup the screenshots to be attached to the html report. I was unsuccessful. The watir-rspec readme states:

You can use Watir::RSpec.file_path to have links automatically in the html report to the files created during tests. uploaded_file_path = Watir::RSpec.file_path("uploaded.txt") File.open(uploaded_file_path, "w") {|file| file.write "Generated File Input"} file_field(:name => "upload-file").set uploaded_file_path

Where do I put this code? When I put it in my spec_helper.rb, I get this error: undefined method 'file_field' for main:Object (NoMethodError)

Can anyone please help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I did not find any other documentation to help me resolve this. Maybe this will help a lot of beginners understand. Thanks in advance !

[jarmo]

You should add code similar in README inside your tests. Main idea is that instead of using absolute paths for files generated within your tests (e.g. saving them to /tmp directory or whatever) you should use file_path helper.

However, the error you are experiencing exists probably because you have not installed watir-rspec successfully. Did you run watir-rspec install as specified in README?

Specifically you seem to have missing config.include Watir::RSpec::Helper statement inside your spec helper.

You can also avoid that problem by specifying browser instance explicitly by using it's variable or whatever you have it set for:

@browser.file_field(...)

[AndreiH]

Thank you for the response @jarmo !

I installed the watir-rspec as specified in the README. All the required configuration is in the spec_helper.rb as required. Still "file_field(..)" method is not recognized. Even if I do something like this, after a test spec, it still does not work. The HTML report is generated, but there are no screenshots:

after do 
screenshot_file_path = Watir::RSpec.file_path("custom_screenshot.jpg")
end

As it's also specified here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28985347/custom-screeshot-for-watir-rspec-reporter

I see you also commented on this issue, but I did not see a response how it got resolved. By the way, I only want screenshots whenever there is a fail. I self induce test fails, but still no screenshots.

Thanks !

[jarmo]

Did you try calling file_field method directly on your Watir::Browser object instance?

It's hard to help without actually seeing your source code, but it seems that either spec_helper is not loaded by your specs, Watir::RSpec::Helper is not included into your specs or some other weird issue.

Can you provide me minimal set of code which I could run myself to reproduce this problem? Also, provide me with minimal Gemfile (and Gemfile.lock) and Ruby version too.

[jarmo]

Closing this due to inactivity. Please reopen if issue still persists.