SPA 2016: Acceptance Test: Has Up To Date Counter

suite_spec_acctest_3.rb

# 1) Place following in 'context' block
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      it 'has up-to-date counter' do
        api_counter_value = get_counter_value_from_api
        page_counter_value = get_counter_value_from_page
        puts "API counter is #{api_counter_value}, Page is #{page_counter_value}"
        expect(page_counter_value).to be >= api_counter_value
      end

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# 2) Place below in 'describe' block
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  def get_counter_value_from_api
    api_url = 'http://robh-spa-2016-demo-site.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/'
    uri = URI(api_url + 'counter')
    response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
    data = JSON.parse(response)
    val = data["value"]
    val
  end

  def get_counter_value_from_page
    visit @site_url
    page_counter_value = find('#counter').text
    page_counter_value = page_counter_value.scan(/\d+/).join().to_i
    page_counter_value
  end

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