Putting Faker Gem Values to a Hash - ruby

Question

I'm writing automated tests using Cucumber, Capybara, WebDriver, SitePrism, and Faker. I am new to this and need some help.
I have the following steps..
Given (/^I have created a new active product$/) do
#page = AdminProductCreationPage.new
#page.should be_displayed
#page.producttitle.set Faker::Name.title
#page.product_sku.set Faker::Number.number(8)
click #page.product_save
#page.should have_growl text: 'Save Successful.'
end
When (/^I navigate to that product detail page) do
pending
end
Then (/^All the data should match that which was initially entered$/) do
pending
end
In config/env_config.rb I have set up an empty hash...
Before do
# Empty container for easily sharing data between step definitions
#verify = {}
end
Now I want to hash the value generated by Faker in the Given step so I can validate it saved properly in the When step. I also want to enter the value generated by faker in the script below into a search field.
#page.producttitle.set Faker::Name.title
How do I push the values generated by faker to the #verify has?
How do I pull that value and insert it into a text field?
How do I pull that value to verify the save value equals the value generated by faker?

Answer 1

1. How do I push the values generated by faker to the #verify has?
A hash is simply a dictionary of key-value pairs, which you can set with hash[key] = value.
The key can be a string #verify['new_product_name'] = Faker::Name.title
The key can also be a symbol #verify[:new_product_name] = Faker::Name.title
Since the value you generate may be used multiple times within the step definition (once for storing it in the #verify hash, and once for setting the field value) I personally prefer to first store it in a local variable, and reference that where needed.
new_product_title = Faker::Name.title
#verify[:new_product_title] = new_product_title
2. How do I pull that value and insert it into a text field?
You can reference values by their key. So after you have stored the value in the hash, you could do this
#page.producttitle.set #verify[:new_product_name]
Or if you stored it in a local variable as suggested above, you would just do this
#page.producttitle.set new_product_name
3. How do I pull that value to verify the save value equals the value generated by faker?
Similarly, you can assert that a field value equals what you've stored in the hash. An example would be #page.producttitle.value.should == #verify[:new_product_name]
Putting this all together:
Given (/^I have created a new active product$/) do
#page = AdminProductCreationPage.new
#page.should be_displayed
# Create a new title
new_product_title = Faker::Name.title
# Store the title in the hash for verification
#verify[:new_product_title] = new_product_title
# Set the input value to our new title
#page.producttitle.set new_product_title
#page.product_sku.set Faker::Number.number(8)
click #page.product_save
#page.should have_growl text: 'Save Successful.'
end
When (/^I navigate to that product detail page) do
pending
end
Then (/^All the data should match that which was initially entered$/) do
#page.producttitle.value.should == #verify[:new_product_title]
end