[rspec-users] is there a way to turn on :js => true in the middle of a spec?

[David Chelimsky]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Patrick J. Collins
<patrick at collinatorstudios.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I have a spec with some complicated background stuff--  like say for
> example logging in...
>
> it "does stuff", :js => true do
>  fancy_login_helper_method
>  visit somewhere_over_the_rainbow_path
>  click_button "omg"
>  page.should have_content("waka waka")
> end
>
> ...  Is there any way to do something like :
>
> it "does stuff" do
>  fancy_login_helper_method
>  js do
>    visit somewhere_over_the_rainbow_path
>    click_button "omg"
>    page.should have_content("waka waka")
>  end
> end
>
> So that I can cut down the time it takes to excute that test a bit?  Or
> is that just impossible with the way headless vs browser stuff works?

iiuc, browser is the issue, not headless. The login
token/cookie/whatever needs to be stored in the client so it can
identify itself to the server. What your proposing switches the
client.