Forum: RSpec Sending rails errors to rspec output

I am using Capybara in combination with rspec for integration testing
of rails apps.

I would like any errors (routing errors, errors in a controller,
anything) generated during a test to be printed the same as "puts"
statements in rspec's output. Is this possible?  Additionally, is this
a reasonable idea, or am I just being silly?

On Dec 16, 2011, at 8:46 AM, LeeQ wrote:

> I am using Capybara in combination with rspec for integration testing
> of rails apps.

Even though you are using Capybara, they are still just specs. No reason 
why "puts" won't work.

Puts does work.  That's not what I'm looking for.

I want all error messages (like `undefined local variable or method 
`junk'
for...` ) to show up in my rspec out put in *the same way as* `puts`.

On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:25 AM, LeeQ wrote:

> Puts does work.  That's not what I'm looking for.
>
> I want all error messages (like `undefined local variable or method `junk' 
for...` ) to show up in my rspec out put in the same way as `puts`.
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So basically you want the exception message to display in the output, 
but then have things "continue on" like it *wasn't* an exception?

I don't see the point in that, but you could do it with `rescue`.

Ah, I see what you are saying.  But no, I still want the exception to 
act
like an exception.  My problem is that I'll have a test fail for reasons
unknown, and I then I need to open the test logs to find the exception.
 I'd like those exceptions to show up in my test output so I don't have 
to
dig for them.

On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:33 AM, LeeQ wrote:

> Ah, I see what you are saying.  But no, I still want the exception to act like 
an exception.  My problem is that I'll have a test fail for reasons unknown, and I 
then I need to open the test logs to find the exception.  I'd like those 
exceptions to show up in my test output so I don't have to dig for 
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Okay I see what you're talking about now. Take a look at this:

https://github.com/jnicklas/capybara/issues/358

On Dec 22, 2011, at 12:33 PM, LeeQ <leequarella@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, I see what you are saying.  But no, I still want the exception to act like 
an exception.  My problem is that I'll have a test fail for reasons unknown, and I 
then I need to open the test logs to find the exception.  I'd like those 
exceptions to show up in my test output so I don't have to dig for them.
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You need to configure the logger to log to standard out. Check out this 
link & modify as appropriate for your Rails version:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4800032/how-to-...


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