Auto-load the seed data from db/seeds.rb with rake

Question

I\'m using rails-rspec gem and I have several specs (models, controllers, etc). When I run:

bundle exec rake

everything is te

Answer 1

To load seeds in rspec you need to add it after database cleanup in confg.before(:suite) in spec_helper

config.before(:suite) do
  DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
  load "#{Rails.root}/db/seeds.rb" 
end

Answer 2

Bad idea! Never, ever, seed your test database. Use factories to create, within each test, only the records necessary for that test to pass. Seeding the test database will make your tests less reliable, because you'll be making lots of assumptions that aren't explicitly stated in your tests.

Answer 3

In Rails 4.2.0 and RSpec 3.x, this is how my rails_helper.rb looks.

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
  # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"

  # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
  # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
  # instead of true.
  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false

  config.before(:suite) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
  end

  config.before(:each, :js => true) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.start
  end

  config.after(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean
  end

  config.before(:all) do
    Rails.application.load_seed # loading seeds
  end
end

Answer 4

I think we should use

config.before(:each) do
  Rails.application.load_seed # loading seeds
end

as before(:all) runs the block one time before all of the examples are run.

So if we use before :all, the seed data will be cleared.

Answer 5

1. copy the seed.rb file inside the config/initializers folder.So seed.rb file will be executed on server start.

2. Run the below command to fill the test db with the seed.rb data

   RAILS_ENV=test rake db:seed

Answer 6

Depending on how your seed file is configured, you might just be able to load/run it from a before(:each) or before(:all) block:

load Rails.root + "db/seeds.rb"