test_helper.rb

ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
require 'rails/test_help'

class ActiveSupport::TestCase
  # Setup all fixtures in test/fixtures/*.yml for all tests in alphabetical order.
  fixtures :all

  include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods

  # Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
end

module FixtureFileHelpers

  @@emails = []
  @@numbers = []
  @@count = 1

  def create_applicants(num_of_applicants, start_date, end_date)
    applicants = []

    1.upto(num_of_applicants) do |a|
      applicants.push(create_applicant(random_date start_date, end_date))
      @@count = @@count + 1
    end

    applicants.join '\n'
  end

  def create_applicant(date_created)
    app = %Q(
    fix_#{@@count}:
      first_name: first_#{@@count}
      last_name: last_#{@@count}
      email: #{random_email}
      phone: #{random_phone}
      phone_type: #{ Applicant::PHONE_TYPES.first }
      workflow_state: #{ Applicant::WORKFLOW_STATES.first }
      region: #{ Applicant::REGIONS.first }
      created_at: #{ date_created }
    )
  end

  def random_email
    u = random_string 5
    domain = random_string 5
    @@emails.push("#{u}@#{domain}.com").last
  end

  def random_phone
    @@numbers.push(random_number 9).last
  end

  def random_date(start_date, end_date)
    r = (start_date..end_date)
    len = r.count
    r.to_a.shuffle[0, len].first
  end

  private
  def random_string(len)
    random len: len
  end

  def random_number(len)
    random range: (1..9), len: len
  end

  def random(range: ('a'..'z'), len: )
    range.to_a.shuffle[0, len].join
  end
end

ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.context_class.send :include, FixtureFileHelpers