Capybara Cheatsheet

capybara_cheatsheet.rb

### Navigating
visit('/projects')
visit(post_comments_path(post))

### Clicking links and buttons
click_link('id-of-link')
click_link('Link Text')
click_button('Save')
click_on('Link Text') # clicks on either links or buttons
click_on('Button Value')

### Interacting with forms
fill_in('First Name', :with => 'John')
fill_in('Password', :with => 'Seekrit')
fill_in('Description', :with => 'Really Long Text...')
choose('A Radio Button')
check('A Checkbox')
uncheck('A Checkbox')
attach_file('Image', '/path/to/image.jpg')
select('Option', :from => 'Select Box')

### Querying
page.has_selector?('table tr')
page.has_selector?(:xpath, '//table/tr')
page.has_xpath?('//table/tr')
page.has_css?('table tr.foo')
page.has_content?('foo')
expect(page).to have_selector('table tr')
expect(page).to have_selector(:xpath, '//table/tr')
expect(page).to have_xpath('//table/tr')
expect(page).to have_css('table tr.foo')
expect(page).to have_content('foo')

### Finding
find_field('First Name').value
find_link('Hello').visible?
find_button('Send').click

find(:xpath, "//table/tr").click
find("#overlay").find("h1").click
all('a').each { |a| a[:href] }
find('#navigation').click_link('Home')
expect(find('#navigation')).to have_button('Sign out')

### Scoping
within("li#employee") do
  fill_in 'Name', :with => 'Jimmy'
end

within(:xpath, "//li[@id='employee']") do
  fill_in 'Name', :with => 'Jimmy'
end

within_fieldset('Employee') do
  fill_in 'Name', :with => 'Jimmy'
end

within_table('Employee') do
  fill_in 'Name', :with => 'Jimmy'
end

### Working with windows
facebook_window = window_opened_by do
  click_button 'Like'
end

within_window facebook_window do
  find('#login_email').set('[email protected]')
  find('#login_password').set('qwerty')
  click_button 'Submit'
end

### Scripting
page.execute_script("$('body').empty()")
result = page.evaluate_script('4 + 4');

### Modals
accept_alert do
  click_link('Show Alert')
end

dismiss_confirm do
  click_link('Show Confirm')
end

accept_prompt(with: 'Linus Torvalds') do
  click_link('Show Prompt About Linux')
end

message = accept_prompt(with: 'Linus Torvalds') do
  click_link('Show Prompt About Linux')
end

expect(message).to eq('Who is the chief architect of Linux?')

### Debugging
save_and_open_page
print page.html
page.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
save_and_open_screenshot

## Matching
click_link("Password") # also matches "Password confirmation"
Capybara.exact = true
click_link("Password") # does not match "Password confirmation"
click_link("Password", exact: false) # can be overridden