Override attributes keys in FactoryGirl

Question

I have a model Post with an attribute published_at. However, in POST request API requires it to be assigned as published, not published_at. So in my model I override setter method like so

def published=(value)
  self.published_at = value
end

The problem is, in my API tests, I use FactoryGirl's attributes_for(:post) method to generate attributes for POST request, and it uses old published_at name. How can I workaround this problem and generate attributes with published key instead of published_at without changing the name of this attribute in my model?

melekes · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07T18:52:48.643

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How about changing your :post factory:

factory :post do
  published { Time.now }
  # published_at
end

Or, if you want to separate API and Web based posts, create a new factory:

factory :api_post, class: Post do
  ...
end

edited Nov 07 '12 at 18:52

answered Nov 07 '12 at 18:45

melekes

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Thank you, I didn't know I can create a new factory for the same class, works great. – evfwcqcg Nov 07 '12 at 19:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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I've never tried this myself, but it seems like an alias might work:

alias_attribute :published, :published_at

And in that case I would probably get rid of Post#published=.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4017071/199712

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Nov 07 '12 at 18:53

Jason Swett

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Override attributes keys in FactoryGirl

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