Rspec, Capybara, PhantomJs sample config for headless non-Rails-app testing

Gemfile

source :rubygems

gem 'rspec'
gem 'capybara'
gem 'poltergeist' # Capybara driver for PhantomJs
gem 'capybara-screenshot', :require => false # takes screenshots when test fails

Gemfile.lock

GEM
  remote: http://rubygems.org/
  specs:
    addressable (2.3.2)
    capybara (1.1.4)
      mime-types (>= 1.16)
      nokogiri (>= 1.3.3)
      rack (>= 1.0.0)
      rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
      selenium-webdriver (~> 2.0)
      xpath (~> 0.1.4)
    capybara-screenshot (0.2.4)
      capybara (>= 1.0)
    childprocess (0.3.6)
      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.6)
    diff-lcs (1.1.3)
    eventmachine (1.0.0)
    faye-websocket (0.4.6)
      eventmachine (>= 0.12.0)
    ffi (1.2.0)
    http_parser.rb (0.5.3)
    libwebsocket (0.1.7.1)
      addressable
      websocket
    mime-types (1.19)
    multi_json (1.5.0)
    nokogiri (1.5.5)
    poltergeist (1.0.2)
      capybara (~> 1.1)
      childprocess (~> 0.3)
      faye-websocket (~> 0.4, >= 0.4.4)
      http_parser.rb (~> 0.5.3)
      multi_json (~> 1.0)
    rack (1.4.1)
    rack-test (0.6.2)
      rack (>= 1.0)
    rspec (2.12.0)
      rspec-core (~> 2.12.0)
      rspec-expectations (~> 2.12.0)
      rspec-mocks (~> 2.12.0)
    rspec-core (2.12.1)
    rspec-expectations (2.12.0)
      diff-lcs (~> 1.1.3)
    rspec-mocks (2.12.0)
    rubyzip (0.9.9)
    selenium-webdriver (2.27.1)
      childprocess (>= 0.2.5)
      libwebsocket (~> 0.1.3)
      multi_json (~> 1.0)
      rubyzip
    websocket (1.0.4)
    xpath (0.1.4)
      nokogiri (~> 1.3)

PLATFORMS
  ruby

DEPENDENCIES
  capybara
  capybara-screenshot
  poltergeist
  rspec

openit_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe "the Openit Website", :type => 'request' do

  before :each do
    visit "http://www.openit.com"
  end

  it "has Products" do
    click_on 'Products'
    page.should have_content "Open iT Base and Modules"
  end

  # this test is supposed to fail
  it "has Pizza" do
    click_on 'Pizza'
    page.should have_content "Mozzarella"
  end

end

spec_helper.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'rspec/autorun'

require 'capybara/rspec'
require 'capybara-screenshot'
require 'capybara-screenshot/rspec'

require 'capybara/poltergeist'
Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, :inspector => true)
end

Capybara.default_driver = :poltergeist
Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist

Capybara.default_selector = :css
Capybara.run_server = false

# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir["spec/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f}

# Additional RSpec config
RSpec.configure do |config|

end