describe "create multiple instances" do before do define_model("Post", title: :string, position: :integer) FactoryBot.define do factory(:post) do |post| post.title { "Through the Looking Glass" } post.position { rand(10**4) } end end end context "without default attributes" do subject { FactoryBot.create_list(:post, 20) } its(:length) { should eq 20 } it "creates all the posts" do subject.each do |record| expect(record).not_to be_new_record end end it "uses the default factory values" do subject.each do |record| expect(record.title).to eq "Through the Looking Glass" end end end context "with default attributes" do subject { FactoryBot.create_list(:post, 20, title: "The Hunting of the Snark") } it "overrides the default values" do subject.each do |record| expect(record.title).to eq "The Hunting of the Snark" end end end context "with a block" do subject do FactoryBot.create_list(:post, 20, title: "The Listing of the Block") do |post| post.position = post.id end end it "uses the new values" do subject.each do |record| expect(record.position).to eq record.id end end end context "with a block that receives both the object and an index" do subject do FactoryBot.create_list(:post, 20, title: "The Indexed Block") do |post, index| post.position = index end end it "uses the new values" do subject.each_with_index do |record, index| expect(record.position).to eq index end end end context "without the count" do subject { FactoryBot.create_list(:post, title: "The Hunting of the Bear") } it "raise ArgumentError with the proper error message" do expect { subject }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /count missing/) end end end describe "multiple creates and transient attributes to dynamically build attribute lists" do before do define_model("User", name: :string) do has_many :posts end define_model("Post", title: :string, user_id: :integer) do belongs_to :user end FactoryBot.define do factory :post do title { "Through the Looking Glass" } user end factory :user do name { "John Doe" } factory :user_with_posts do transient do posts_count { 5 } end after(:create) do |user, evaluator| FactoryBot.create_list(:post, evaluator.posts_count, user: user) end end end end end it "generates the correct number of posts" do expect(FactoryBot.create(:user_with_posts).posts.length).to eq 5 end it "allows the number of posts to be modified" do expect(FactoryBot.create(:user_with_posts, posts_count: 2).posts.length).to eq 2 end end