Capybara test fails when run but running the same steps manually is successful

Question

So I'm trying to write some integration tests for this app I'm working on and one of the tests I have written when run follows through the steps and lands on the error page, while performing the exact same steps manually lands on the correct page. Here is the test:

describe 'sign up page' do
    it 'signs a user up when valid information is entered and displays success message' do
        sign_up_with('John Doe', 'user11@gmail.com', 'a8wsk389nd9w02kdncui20dkc')
        current_path.should == root_path
        page.should have_content('Email sent with password set instructions')
    end
    ...
    def sign_up_with(name, email, registration)
        visit('/signup')
        fill_in 'Full Name', with: name
        fill_in 'Email Address', with: email
        fill_in 'Email Address Confirmation', with: email
        fill_in 'Registration Code', with: registration
        click_button('Create Java user')
    end
end

When I run this test it doesn't throw any errors at me, but the route goes to /java_users which is where the page goes if it fails, instead of / like it is supposed to. If I perform these same steps manually with the same data, it works perfectly. I honestly have no idea what is going wrong or what I have done wrong. I'm really new to Capybara (and RoR for that matter) so it could be something really simple. The only thing I can thing of is that because ActionMailer is called to send an email that's throwing it off somehow. Any help would be appreciated.

Updates:

Although I don't receive any errors when running the test (other than the test failing), I installed the launchy gem and tried save_and_open_page. It took me to a page with a wall of text. Here is a snippet:

ArgumentError at /java_users ============================ > Missing host to link to! Please provide the :host parameter, set default_url_options[:host], or set :only_path to true app/views/support_mailer/password_set.text.erb, line 3 ------------------------------------------------------ ``` ruby 1 In order to set your password, please click the URL below. 2 > 3 <%= password_set_url(@user.password_reset_token) %> 4 5 If you did not purchase a *******, just ignore this email.``` App backtrace ------------- - app/views/support_mailer/password_set.text.erb:3:in `_app_views_support_mailer_password_set_text_erb___10448386_70208856' - app/mailers/support_mailer.rb:250:in `password_set' - app/models/user.rb:65:in `send_password_set' - app/controllers/java_users_controller.rb:60:in `create' - spec/features/sign_up_spec.rb:28:in `sign_up_with' - spec/features/sign_up_spec.rb:5:in `block (2 levels) in...

Also here is the create function in the controller:

def create
    @java_user = JavaUser.new(user_params)
    registration = RegistrationCode.find_by_code(params[:registration_code])
    email = params[:java_user][:email]
    email_confirmation = params[:email_confirmation]
    user = User.find_by_email(email)

    if validateInput(registration, email, email_confirmation, user)
      @java_user.rails_uuid = user.id

      if @java_user.save
        registration.user_id = @java_user.id
        registration.save

        if user
          user.send_password_set
          redirect_to root_url, notice: "Email sent with password reset instructions"
        else
          render :new
        end
      else
        render :new
      end
    else
     render :new
    end
end

Answer 1

I seem to have solved it. I was missing the following in my test.rb file in /config/environments

config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "localhost:3000" }

I had it in development.rb, but not in test.rb.