gistfile1.rb

# this step creates an account with the name specified and changes the host to use the
# new subdomain generated by the account factory.
Given /^an account called "(.*)"$/ do |name|
  account = Factory(:account, :name => name) # "Factory" is from factory girl
  host! "#{account.cname}.local"
end


# use the step like this
Scenario: A made up scenario
  Given an account called "mycompany"
  And I am logged in as an administrative user
  ...


# just for reference, here is my account factory
Factory.define :account do |f|
  f.association :subscription
  f.name "testing"
  f.sequence(:cname) { |n| "testcname#{n}" }
end