Using webmock and VCR together

api_wrapper_spec.rb

describe ApiWrapper::Connection, "with retry enabled" do
  before(:each) do

    # connect to api
    # the @api_wrapper object persists, across all the responses, and we set the number of retries
    # on the ApiWrapper::Connection#get method here too, for when we call it further down in the spec.

    @api_wrapper = ApiWrapper::Connection.new('stage.api_wrapper.com', APIWRAPPER_V2_API_KEY, APIWRAPPER_V2_PASSWORD, :retries => 2)

    VCR.use_cassette("ApiWrapper_Connection/v2/raising unhandled errors") do
      @api_wrapper.authenticate
    end

  end

  it "should retry after ApiWrapper::TimeOut the correct number of times" do

    # stub request twice then make it pass properly, assumign the data I'm after is in 
    # the second request I'd make, I'd call something like
    # 
    response_body = Yaml.load_file('path/to/cassette.yml')[1]['request']['body']


    stub_request(:any, "http://stage.api_wrapper.com/data").to_return(:status => 408, :body => "").times(2).
    then.to_return(:status => 200, :body => response_body)

    # I'm just testing the request is successful, I'd otherwise treat this like any other request
    lambda {
      @api_wrapper.get('/data')
    }.should_not raise_error
  end

  it "should retry #{e.name} the correct number of times and raise error on failure" do

    stub_request(:any, "http://stage.company.com/data").to_return(:status => 408, :body => "").times(3)

    lambda {
      @api_wrapper.get('/data')
    }.should raise_error(e)
  end
end