How to create a stub that applies to all spec files in RSpec

Question

I'm wanting to know if there is an easy way to include a stub in all of my spec files. I'm using the Geocoder gem and when I run my RSpec tests I don't want it attempting to download the location information.

I've found the following solution which works perfectly. However, I don't want to write the same three lines in every spec file.

before(:each) do
  User.any_instance.stub(:geocode) { [1,1] }
end

Is it possible to put something in my spec_helper.rb file?

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 26 '16 at 11:08

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You can put it in the spec_helper instead, like this:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:each) do
    User.any_instance.stub(:geocode) { [1,1] }
  end
end

edited Mar 26 '16 at 11:08

Per Lundberg

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answered Aug 08 '12 at 15:15

Oscar Del Ben

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I added it to the bottom of my `spec_helper` file but I'm getting an undefined method `stub` error. Any ideas? – Baylor Rae' Aug 08 '12 at 15:20
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In that case add it to to the config block. See my updated answer. – Oscar Del Ben Aug 08 '12 at 15:22
That's pretty awesome! Thanks – Baylor Rae' Aug 08 '12 at 15:26

How to create a stub that applies to all spec files in RSpec

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