categories.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :category do 
    name 'Programming'
  end
end

console.log

Failures:

  1) Create topic creates a topic successfully with a valid name and bodytext
     Failure/Error: current_path.should == forum_topic_path(forum, topic)
     ActionController::UrlGenerationError:
       No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"topics", :format=>nil, :forum_id=>#<Forum id: 1020, category_id: 1013, name: "ruby", description: "Laudantium tot
it. Ea ipsa voluptatibus no...", order: 0, created_at: "2014-04-30 14:32:39", updated_at: "2014-04-30 14:32:39", slug: "ruby">, :id=>nil} missing required keys: [:id]
     # ./spec/features/create_topics_spec.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 0.86605 seconds
3 examples, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/features/create_topics_spec.rb:18 # Create topic creates a topic successfully with a valid name and bodytext

Randomized with seed 37786

create_topics_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'
require 'faker'

feature 'Create topic' do
  let(:category) { create(:category) }
  let(:forum) { create(:forum) }
  let(:user) { create(:user) }

  background do
    @email = '[email protected]'
    @password = 'test123'
    @user = create(:user, username: 'ellen.u', email: @email, password: @password, password_confirmation: @password)
  end

  scenario 'creates a topic successfully with a valid name and bodytext' do
    sign_in_with(@email, @password)
    create_topic('Hello World!', Faker::Lorem.paragraph)
    current_path.should == forum_topic_path(forum, Topic.find_by(name: 'Hello World!'))
    user_sees_success_message('Topic was successfully created1.')
  end

  scenario 'notifies the user if the name is to short' do
    sign_in_with(@email, @password)
    create_topic(nil, '12345678912345678912')
    user_sees_error_message('Name is too short (minimum is 6 characters)')
  end

  scenario 'notifies the user if the bodytext is to short' do
    sign_in_with(@email, @password)
    create_topic('test-name', '1234567891234567891')
    user_sees_error_message('Posts bodytext is too short (minimum is 20 characters)')
  end

  def user_sees_error_message(message)
    expect(page).to have_css '.alert', message
  end

  def user_sees_success_message(message)
    expect(page).to have_css '.notice', message
  end

  def sign_in_with(email, password)
    visit session_path
    fill_in 'Email', with: email
    fill_in 'Password', with: password
    click_button 'Login'
  end

  def create_topic(name, bodytext)
    visit new_forum_topic_path(forum)
    fill_in 'Name', with: name
    fill_in 'Bodytext', with: bodytext
    click_button 'Create Topic'
  end

end

forums.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :forum do 
    name 'ruby'
    association :category
  end
end

posts.rb

require 'faker'

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :post do
    association :topic
    bodytext Faker::Lorem.paragraph
    association :user
  end
end

topics.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :topic do
    association :forum
    name 'Programming'
    association :user
    association :post
  end
end

users.rb

require 'faker'

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do 
    email {Faker::Internet.email}
    username {Faker::Internet.user_name}
    first_name {Faker::Name.first_name}
    last_name {Faker::Name.last_name}
    password 'test123'
    password_confirmation 'test123'
  end
end