output.feature

  @search
  Scenario: List products
    Given the system has the following products:
      | id | name                  |
      | 1  | Acme Flaming Hammer   |
      | 2  | Adidas Patented Truss |
      | 3  | Corby Trouser Press   |
    And I authenticate as admin
    And I send and accept XML
    And the search index is updated
    When I send a GET request for "/products"
    Then the response should be "200"
    And the XML response should be a "products" array with 3 "product" elements
      expected: 3
           got: 0 (using ==) (RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError)
      ./features/step_definitions/api_steps.rb:44:in `/^the XML response should be a "([^\"]*)" array with (\d+) "([^\"]*)" elements$/'
      features/api/v1/product.feature:19:in `And the XML response should be a "products" array with 3 "product" elements'

product.rb

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
  # ...
  define_index do
    indexes name, :sortable => true
  end
  # ...
end

search_steps.rb

Given 'the search index is updated' do
  # Update all indexes
  ThinkingSphinx::Test.index
  sleep(0.25) # Wait for Sphinx to catch up
end

Given /^the search index for (\w+)s is updated$/ do |model|
  # Update specific indexes
  ThinkingSphinx::Test.index "#{model}_core"
  sleep(0.25) # Wait for Sphinx to catch up
end

sphinx.rb

require 'cucumber/thinking_sphinx/external_world'
Cucumber::ThinkingSphinx::ExternalWorld.new

Cucumber::Rails::World.use_transactional_fixtures = false

Before('@search') do
  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end

Before('~@search') do
  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
end

Before do
  DatabaseCleaner.start
end

After do
  DatabaseCleaner.clean
end