[rspec-users] Running code on error

[Ben Mabey]

Ryan S wrote:
> Well, I am using SauceOnDemand with rspec. So when a test fails I want
> to download the video that corresponds to the failing test. I figured
> I could do a:
>
> it "should download video" do
>   begin
>     #some failing test here
>   rescue Exception => e
>     #download video
>     raise e
>   end
> end
>
> But this would get very repetitive for every rspec test.
>   

Have you investigated creating a custom formatter?  I think that 
approach might be better suited for what you are doing.  It has been a 
while since I've dug into that code but I imagine that the exception 
will be passed to you for inspection. 

If that doesn't suit your needs you will have to decorate 'it' on 
ExampleGroup.

-Ben

>
> On Apr 29, 7:31 pm, Pat Maddox <mailingli... at patmaddox.com> wrote:
>   
>> Could you share a bit more about what you are actually trying to achieve?
>>
>> On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Ryan S wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> describe "Test" do
>>>  after(:each) do
>>>      if ERRORS #execute custom code here
>>>  end
>>>       
>>>  it "should explode" do
>>>    #Test.explode --> "fizzle"
>>>    Test.explode.should == "KABOOM"
>>>  end
>>> end
>>>       
>>> Let's say I have the above test and the validation fails and I want
>>> some sort of custom action to take place. Is there a way to do that?
>>> This is a very simplified example but I am just curious if it is
>>> possible.
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