Sandbox test to get VCR, WebMock, and "real" http all working side by side in the same spec suite

vcr_webmock_and_live_http_simultaneously.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'rspec'
require 'webmock'
require 'vcr'
require 'pry'

# in a Rails app, this would be in an initializer
WebMock.disable_net_connect!(
  allow_localhost: true,
  net_http_connect_on_start: true
)

VCR.configure do |config|
  config.cassette_library_dir = "vcr_cassettes"
  config.hook_into :webmock # or :fakeweb
  config.configure_rspec_metadata!

  config.before_http_request(:stubbed?) do |request|
    #binding.pry
  end

end

class WebMockStubs

  extend WebMock::API

  def self.stub_all!
    stub_request(:get, /google.com/).to_return(body: 'Stubbed by WebMock!')
  end

end

RSpec.configure do |config|

  config.around(:each) do |example|
    if example.metadata[:real_http]
      WebMock.disable!
    elsif example.metadata[:vcr]
      WebMock.enable!
      WebMock.reset!
      VCR.turn_on!
    else
      WebMock.enable!
      WebMockStubs.stub_all!
      VCR.turn_off!
    end

    example.run
  end
end

RSpec.describe 'Stubbing with WebMock and VCR in the same suite' do

  context 'Stubbed by VCR', :vcr do

    let(:response) {
      Net::HTTP.get_response(URI('http://www.google.com'))
    }

    it 'returns a 200 response' do
      expect(response.code).to eql('200')
    end

    it 'is stubbed by VCR' do
      expect(response.body).to include(
        "Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more"
      )
    end

  end

  context 'Stubbed by WebMock by default' do

    let(:response) {
      Net::HTTP.get_response(URI('http://www.google.com'))
    }

    it 'returns a 200 response' do
      expect(response.code).to eql('200')
    end

    it 'is stubbed by WebMock' do
      expect(response.body).to eql('Stubbed by WebMock!')
    end

  end

  context 'Not stubbed by anything', :real_http do

    let(:response) {
      Net::HTTP.get_response(URI('http://www.google.com'))
    }

    it 'returns a 200 response' do
      expect(response.code).to eql('200')
    end

    it 'makes a real http request' do
      expect(response.body).to include(
        "Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more"
      )
    end

  end

end