lib - populate.rb

require 'populator'

module Populate
  def spawn_models    
    p 'ok, wtf: ' + ENV["RAILS_ENV"]
    
    [Post, Category, Page].each(&:delete_all)
    
    Category.populate 10 do |category|
      category.name = Populator.words(1..3).titleize
      category.featured = [true, false]

      Post.populate 5..10 do |post|
        post.title = Populator.words(1..5).titleize
        post.content = Populator.paragraphs(1..5).titleize
        post.created_at = 2.years.ago..Time.now
        post.category_id = category.id
        post.user_id = random(User)
      end
    end

    Page.populate 10..20 do |page|
      page.title = Populator.words(1..3).titleize
      page.permalink = page.title.slugify
      page.content = Populator.paragraphs(1..5).titleize
    end
  end

  def random(model)
    ids = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_all("SELECT id FROM #{model.to_s.tableize}")
    model.find(ids[rand(ids.length)]["id"].to_i) unless ids.blank?
  end
end

spec_helper.rb

Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
  include AuthenticatedTestHelper
  include Populate

  # If you're not using ActiveRecord you should remove these
  # lines, delete config/database.yml and disable :active_record
  # in your config/boot.rb
  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
  config.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
  config.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + '/spec/fixtures/'
  spawn_models
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end