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Validating HTTP Response Codes in Capybara Session Testing

This test suite focuses on validating HTTP response code functionality in Capybara, specifically testing the status_code method. It ensures proper handling and reporting of HTTP status codes when navigating to pages in web applications.

Test Coverage Overview

The test coverage focuses on the fundamental HTTP response code validation in Capybara sessions.

Verifies correct status code (200) for successful page loads
Tests basic page navigation functionality
Validates status_code method implementation

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach utilizes Capybara’s SpecHelper framework for structured test organization. The implementation employs a straightforward RSpec syntax with explicit expectations for status code validation, demonstrating integration with Capybara’s session management.

Technical Details

RSpec testing framework
Capybara SpecHelper for test organization
Session-based testing approach
Requires status_code feature flag
Uses simple HTML fixture for validation

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test exhibits clean and focused testing practices by isolating specific functionality and using clear assertions. It follows RSpec conventions with proper describe/it blocks and demonstrates feature requirement specification through the ‘requires’ tag for conditional test execution.

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lib/capybara/spec/session/response_code_spec.rb

            
# frozen_string_literal: true

Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#status_code' do
  it 'should return response codes', requires: [:status_code] do
    @session.visit('/with_simple_html')
    expect(@session.status_code).to eq(200)
  end
end