describe "transient attributes" do before do define_model("User", name: :string, email: :string) FactoryBot.define do sequence(:name) { |n| "John #{n}" } factory :user do transient do four { 2 + 2 } rockstar { true } upcased { false } end name { "#{FactoryBot.generate(:name)}#{" - Rockstar" if rockstar}" } email { "#{name.downcase}#{four}@example.com" } after(:create) do |user, evaluator| user.name.upcase! if evaluator.upcased end end end end context "returning attributes for a factory" do subject { FactoryBot.attributes_for(:user, rockstar: true) } it { should_not have_key(:four) } it { should_not have_key(:rockstar) } it { should_not have_key(:upcased) } it { should have_key(:name) } it { should have_key(:email) } end context "with a transient variable assigned" do let(:rockstar) { FactoryBot.create(:user, rockstar: true, four: "1234") } let(:rockstar_with_name) { FactoryBot.create(:user, name: "Jane Doe", rockstar: true) } let(:upcased_rockstar) { FactoryBot.create(:user, rockstar: true, upcased: true) } let(:groupie) { FactoryBot.create(:user, rockstar: false) } it "generates the correct attributes on a rockstar" do expect(rockstar.name).to eq "John 1 - Rockstar" expect(rockstar.email).to eq "john 1 - rockstar1234@example.com" end it "generates the correct attributes on an upcased rockstar" do expect(upcased_rockstar.name).to eq "JOHN 1 - ROCKSTAR" expect(upcased_rockstar.email).to eq "john 1 - rockstar4@example.com" end it "generates the correct attributes on a groupie" do expect(groupie.name).to eq "John 1" expect(groupie.email).to eq "john 14@example.com" end it "generates the correct attributes on a rockstar with a name" do expect(rockstar_with_name.name).to eq "Jane Doe" expect(rockstar_with_name.email).to eq "jane doe4@example.com" end end context "without transient variables assigned" do let(:rockstar) { FactoryBot.create(:user) } it "uses the default value of the attribute" do expect(rockstar.name).to eq "John 1 - Rockstar" end end end describe "transient sequences" do before do define_model("User", name: :string) FactoryBot.define do factory :user do transient do sequence(:counter) end name { "John Doe #{counter}" } end end end it "increments sequences correctly" do expect(FactoryBot.build(:user).name).to eq "John Doe 1" expect(FactoryBot.build(:user).name).to eq "John Doe 2" end end describe "assigning values from a transient attribute" do before do define_class("User") do attr_accessor :foo_id, :foo_name end define_class("Foo") do attr_accessor :id, :name def initialize(id, name) @id = id @name = name end end FactoryBot.define do factory :user do transient do foo { Foo.new("id-of-foo", "name-of-foo") } end foo_id { foo.id } foo_name { foo.name } end end end it "does not ignore an _id attribute that is an alias for a transient attribute" do user = FactoryBot.build(:user, foo: Foo.new("passed-in-id-of-foo", "passed-in-name-of-foo")) expect(user.foo_id).to eq "passed-in-id-of-foo" expect(user.foo_name).to eq "passed-in-name-of-foo" end end