Capybara: How to test the title of a page?

Question

In a Rails 3 application using Steak, Capybara and RSpec how do I test the page\'s title?

Answer 1

You should be able to search for the title element to make sure it contains the text you want:

page.should have_xpath("//title", :text => "My Title")

Answer 2

Testing the Title of each page can be done in a much easier way with RSpec.

require 'spec_helper'

describe PagesController do
  render_views

  describe "GET 'home'" do
    before(:each) do
      get 'home'
      @base_title = "Ruby on Rails"
    end

    it "should have the correct title " do
      response.should have_selector("title",
                                :content => @base_title + " | Home")
    end
  end
end