Factory-girl create that bypasses my model validation

Question

I am using Factory Girl to create two instances in my model/unit test for a Group. I am testing the model to check that a call to .current returns only the \'current\' groups ac

Answer 1

It is not best to skip all validation of that model.

create spec/factories/traits.rb file.

FactoryBot.define do
  trait :skip_validate do
    to_create { |instance| instance.save(validate: false) }
  end
end

fix spec

describe ".current" do
  let!(:current_group) { FactoryGirl.create(:group, :skip_validate, :expiry => Time.now + 1.week) }
  let!(:expired_group) { FactoryGirl.create(:group, :skip_validate, :expiry => Time.now - 3.days) }

  specify { Group.current.should == [current_group] }
end