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

For this specific date-baesd validation case, you could also use the timecop gem to temporarily alter time to simulate the old record being created in the past.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

I prefer this solution from https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/issues/578.

Inside the factory:

to_create {|instance| instance.save(validate: false) }

EDIT:

As mentioned in the referenced thread, and by other's comments/solutions, you'll likely want to wrap this in a trait block to avoid confusion/issues elsewhere in your tests; for example, when you're testing your validations.