Need factory to auto-create an invitation

gistfile1.rb

#USER MODEL [just the relevant parts]
has_many :sent_invitations, :class_name=>"Invitation", :foreign_key=>:sender_id
validate :check_for_invitation, :on=>:create

private
def check_for_invitation
  errors.add :email, 'has not been invited' unless Gxtended::Invitation.where(:recipient_email=>email).exists?
end

#INVITATION MODEL
class Invitation < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :sender, :class_name => "User"
  
  validates :sender, :presence => true
  validates :recipient_email, :presence => true, :uniqueness=>true
  validate :recipient_is_not_registered
  
  before_create :generate_token, :only=>[:create]
  before_create :set_sent_at, :only=>[:create]
  
  private
    def generate_token
      self.token = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest([Time.now, rand].join)
    end
    
    def recipient_is_not_registered
      errors.add :recipient_email, 'is already registered' if Gxtended::User.find_by_email(recipient_email)
    end
    
    def set_sent_at
      sent_at = Time.now
    end
end

#SAMPLE FROM SPECS
  before(:each) do
    @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
    @admin = FactoryGirl.create(:admin)
    @url = FactoryGirl.create(:url)
  end

#FACTORIES
factory :invite, :class => Gxtended::Invitation do
  recipient_email "user@gxstream.com"
end

  factory :admin, :class => Gxtended::User do
    sequence(:username) { |n| "admin#{n}" } 
    sequence(:email) { |n| "admin#{n}@example.com" }
    password   'password'
    password_confirmation { |u| u.password }
    dob "1980-01-01" 
    role { Gxtended::Role[:admin] }
  end
  factory :user, :class => Gxtended::User do
    sequence(:username) { |n| "username#{n}" } 
    sequence(:email) { |n| "user#{n}@example.com" }
    password   'password'
    password_confirmation { |u| u.password }
    dob "1980-01-01"
  end

factory :user do
  after_build { |u| Invitation.new(email: u.email).save(validate: false) }
end

I did validate:false because you have a chicken/egg problem -- the first user in the system has to exist in order for her to be invited, but she'll need another user to invite her.

I was close. I did an after_build with a factory call in there and that kept failing. I'll try the direct model approach.

No validating the invitation is perfect as it is not needed at all anyway until the invitation spec is needed. I'll give this a try momentarily.

Nice. That works. Thx man!

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Woot! :-) Since my invitation factory used a static email address, that spec worked just fine as well without interfering with the other invites for admin users. :) Good stuff.

Awesome! - jesse

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On Mar 21, 2012, at 5:25 PM, "John C. Bland II" ***@***.*** wrote: Finished in 22.69 seconds 132 examples, 0 failures Woot! :-) Since my invitation factory used a static email address, that spec worked just fine as well without interfering with the other invites for admin users. :) Good stuff. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/2152420