Capybara Automation Skill

Core Patterns

Basic Test (RSpec)

require 'capybara/rspec'

RSpec.describe 'Login', type: :feature do
  it 'logs in with valid credentials' do
    visit '/login'
    fill_in 'Email', with: 'user@test.com'
    fill_in 'Password', with: 'password123'
    click_button 'Login'
    expect(page).to have_content('Dashboard')
    expect(page).to have_current_path('/dashboard')
  end

  it 'shows error for invalid credentials' do
    visit '/login'
    fill_in 'Email', with: 'wrong@test.com'
    fill_in 'Password', with: 'wrong'
    click_button 'Login'
    expect(page).to have_content('Invalid credentials')
  end
end

DSL

# Navigation
visit '/path'
go_back
go_forward

# Interacting
fill_in 'Label or Name', with: 'text'
choose 'Radio Label'
check 'Checkbox Label'
uncheck 'Checkbox Label'
select 'Option', from: 'Select Label'
attach_file 'Upload', '/path/to/file'
click_button 'Submit'
click_link 'More Info'
click_on 'Button or Link'

# Finding
find('#id')
find('.class')
find('[data-testid="x"]')
find(:xpath, '//div')
all('.items').count

# Matchers
expect(page).to have_content('text')
expect(page).to have_selector('#element')
expect(page).to have_css('.class')
expect(page).to have_button('Submit')
expect(page).to have_field('Email')
expect(page).to have_link('Click Here')
expect(page).to have_current_path('/expected')
expect(page).to have_no_content('error')

Within Scope

within('#login-form') do
  fill_in 'Email', with: 'user@test.com'
  click_button 'Login'
end

within_table('users') do
  expect(page).to have_content('Alice')
end

TestMu AI Cloud

Capybara.register_driver :lambdatest do |app|
  caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.new(
    browserName: 'chrome',
    'LT:Options' => {
      user: ENV['LT_USERNAME'], accessKey: ENV['LT_ACCESS_KEY'],
      build: 'Capybara Build', name: 'Login Test',
      platform: 'Windows 11', video: true
    }
  )
  Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app,
    browser: :remote,
    url: 'https://hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub',
    capabilities: caps)
end
Capybara.default_driver = :lambdatest

Setup:

gem 'capybara'

+

gem 'selenium-webdriver'

in Gemfile

Run:

bundle exec rspec spec/features/

Cloud (TestMu AI)

For remote browser execution, see reference/cloud-integration.md and shared/testmu-cloud-reference.md.

Deep Patterns

See

reference/playbook.md

for production-grade patterns:

Section	What You Get
§1 Project Setup	Gemfile, Capybara config, driver registration, LambdaTest
§2 Feature Specs	Login flows, JavaScript interactions, modals, async content
§3 Page Objects	SitePrism pages with elements/sections, usage in specs
§4 API Testing	Request specs with auth headers, JSON assertions
§5 Database Cleaning	DatabaseCleaner transaction/truncation strategies
§6 Matchers & Helpers	Custom helpers, sign_in, expect_flash
§7 CI/CD Integration	GitHub Actions with Postgres, Redis, Chrome
§8 Debugging Table	12 common problems with causes and fixes
§9 Best Practices	14-item Capybara testing checklist