Display Rspec output in an html file

Testing RSpec
1

Hello,
I had written some model scenarios.
Now i want to generate that output in an html file.
i am executing the models using rake i.e. rake spec:models from spec
directory.
But the html file is not getting generated.

Following is the error trace:
** Invoke spec:models (first_time)
** Invoke db:test:prepare (first_time)
** Invoke db:abort_if_pending_migrations (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Execute db:abort_if_pending_migrations
** Execute db:test:prepare
** Invoke db:test:load (first_time)
** Invoke db:test:purge (first_time)
** Invoke environment
** Execute db:test:purge
** Execute db:test:load
** Invoke db:schema:load (first_time)
** Invoke environment
** Execute db:schema:load
** Execute spec:models
./spec/models/forum_spec.rb:43: warning: don’t put space before argument
parentheses
./spec/models/forum_spec.rb:50: warning: don’t put space before argument
parentheses
#<Forum id: 3, name: “Forum2”, description: “Desc”, topics_count: 0,
posts_count: 0, position: nil, description_html: “

Desc

”,
idiom_id: nil, permalink: “forum2”>
#<Poll id: nil, title: " “, published: false, channel_feature_id: nil,
created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>
rake aborted!
Command /usr/local/bin/ruby
-I”/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib"
“/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/bin/spec”
“spec/models/forum_spec.rb” “spec/models/attachment_spec.rb”
“spec/models/channel_detail_spec.rb” “spec/models/whatwewant_spec.rb”
“spec/models/channel_spec.rb” “spec/models/question_spec.rb”
“spec/models/rating_spec.rb” “spec/models/topic_spec.rb”
“spec/models/channel_feature_spec.rb” “spec/models/idea_spec.rb”
“spec/models/user_channel_spec.rb” “spec/models/promotion_spec.rb”
“spec/models/product_spec.rb” “spec/models/poll_spec.rb”
“spec/models/bb_post_spec.rb” “spec/models/channel_category_spec.rb”
“spec/models/survey_spec.rb” --format html:result.html failed
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/rake/spectask.rb:174:in
define' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1112:inverbose’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.4/lib/spec/rake/spectask.rb:150:in
define' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:incall’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in
execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in
execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:ininvoke_with_call_chain’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:ininvoke_with_call_chain’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:in invoke' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:ininvoke_task’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in
top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in
top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:instandard_exception_handling’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:in
top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in
standard_exception_handling' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31
/usr/local/bin/rake:19:in `load’
/usr/local/bin/rake:19

I had tried various options:
1:Under lib/tasks/rspec file i had added a line
“t.spec_opts = [’–format’ , ‘html:result.html’ ]” under the

[:models, :controllers, :views, :helpers, :lib, :integration].each do
|sub|
desc “Run the code examples in spec/#{sub}”
Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(sub => spec_prereq) do |t|
t.spec_opts = [’–options’, “”#{RAILS_ROOT}/spec/spec.opts""]
t.spec_files = FileList[“spec/#{sub}/**/*_spec.rb”]
t.spec_opts = [’–format’ , ‘html:result.html’ ]
end
end
but when i run the rake command above error is generated.

2:I also tried updating spec.opts file by adding --format
html:spec/a.html.
After adding this code i ran the spec using rake spec:models
RAILS_ENV=test but what i think that if we add something in spec.opts
then running command for models is different.

Please suggest how to display output in html using rake command rake
spec:models

2

My spec.opts file contains
–colour
–format html:spec/a.html
–loadby
mtime
–reverse

3

On 9 Nov 2009, at 11:13, Amit K. wrote:

** Invoke db:abort_if_pending_migrations (first_time)
** Invoke environment
idiom_id: nil, permalink: “forum2”>
“spec/models/channel_feature_spec.rb” “spec/models/idea_spec.rb”
spectask.rb:150:in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in
`top_level’
/usr/local/bin/rake:19
t.spec_files = FileList[“spec/#{sub}/**/*_spec.rb”]

Please suggest how to display output in html using rake command rake
spec:models

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Do you get an error message? I don’t see one here.

cheers,
Matt

+447974 430184

4

Yes i get an error message as rake aborted.
spec/models/survey_spec.rb" --format html:result.html failed

5

On 10 Nov 2009, at 06:46, Amit K. wrote:

Yes i get an error message as rake aborted.
spec/models/survey_spec.rb" --format html:result.html failed

Have you looked in the survey_spec.rb file to see if there’s a problem
then? Does the ‘error message’ give you a line number to look at?

cheers,
Matt

+447974 430184

6

I checked the whole code but there is no error as such.
What i have done is i added a line i.e.
t.spec_opts = [’–format’ , ‘html:result.html’ ] under
/lib/tasks/rspec.rake i.e.
[:models, :controllers, :views, :helpers, :lib, :integration].each do
|sub|
desc “Run the code examples in spec/#{sub}”
Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(sub => spec_prereq) do |t|
t.spec_opts = [’–options’, “”#{RAILS_ROOT}/spec/spec.opts""]
t.spec_files = FileList[“spec/#{sub}/**/*_spec.rb”]
t.spec_opts = [’–format’ , ‘html:result.html’ ]
end
end

After adding i am running the rake tasks as rake spec:models
RAILS_ENV=test

But it is giving me error as posted above.

Also is there is any other way to print output in an html file bu using
above rake command?

7

Amit K. wrote:

Any suggestions on the above topic

Hello,
I want to print my output in an html file.
I am using command rake spec:controllers --format html:result.html from
the root directory
But it is not working.
Please suggest

8

Any suggestions on the above topic

9

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Amit K. [email protected]
wrote:

Amit K. wrote:

Any suggestions on the above topic

Hello,
I want to print my output in an html file.
I am using command rake spec:controllers --format html:result.html from
the root directory
But it is not working.
Please suggest

–format is a spec command option:

spec spec/controllers --format html:result.html

The rake task doesn’t support command line options.

10

Amit K. wrote:

Ok.Thanks a lot David

Hello,
Is there any way to display rspec result in .csv or .xls format.

11

Ok.Thanks a lot David

12

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Amit K. [email protected]
wrote:

Amit K. wrote:

Ok.Thanks a lot David

Hello,
Is there any way to display rspec result in .csv or .xls format.

You can write a custom formatter and invoke it with:

spec spec --require my_formatter.rb --formatter MyFormatter

See
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/rspec/1.3.0/classes/Spec/Runner/Formatter/BaseFormatter.html
for all the methods you’ll want to implement in the formatter.

HTH,
David

13

Thanks a lot David.
I generated a the output to xls with the command
“spec user_spec.rb --format progress:a.xls”
Under the xls it is displaying only those examples which are failing
like for e.g.

‘User User should not be created if email format is different’ FAILED
expected: “Please check the email format”,
got: [“is too short (minimum is 6 characters)”, “should look like
an email address.”] (using ==)
./user_spec.rb:39:

In html it looks like:

should not be created if email format is different
expected: “Please check the email format”,
got: [“is too short (minimum is 6 characters)”, “should look like
an email address.”] (using ==)./user_spec.rb:39:37 @user.email =
“abcd”
38 @user.should_not be_valid
39 @user.errors.on(:email).should == “Please check the email
format”
40 end

Now how can i change the code so that output in xls will look similar to
html atleast passing examples should be visible

I also wanted to know how and where i should write my custom formatter?
Also it would be good if i can see some links which contains examples of
the same