Chapter 10: Fix VCR example #85
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The Freegeoip service that's the default in our current version of the geocoder gem has been discontinued. Geocoder now uses IPInfo.io as its default. Update the geocoder version to 1.4.9 to use the new default. #84
Geocoder now uses the IPInfo.io service as its default for IP-based geocoding, since the previous default service is no longer available. This breaks test examples in chapter 10 of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec, which uses a geocoding example to record a VCR cassette of network activity. Re-record the cassette to use IPInfo.io. It looks like this service's response is slightly different than the previous service, so update the expected response to reflect that. IPInfo.io doesn't require an API key for less than 1,000 requests a day, and is limited to non-HTTPS requests only. These limitations should be adequate for the sake of demonstration in the book, but should not be used as-is in a production environment. See IPInfo.io's pricing page to acquire an API key for the service. In addition, you'll want to ensure that secrets like API keys are filtered from cassettes when using VCR to record any service requiring an API key, username/password, or other secret. See https://relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/3-0-3/docs/configuration/filter-sensitive-data for details on filtering sensitive data in the version of VCR used in the current version of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec. #84
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If you attempted to run the tests added in chapter 10 since July 1, 2018, you may have noticed that the example using VCR to record an interaction with an external HTTP service no longer works. The IP geocoding service in use before, freegeoip, has been discontinued, and the geocoder gem now defaults to IPInfo.io. Thanks to @JunichiIto for pointing this out to me in #84
This pull request contains code changes necessary to fix this issue, so you can continue to work through examples in the book. I've provided the steps in two standalone commits:
Please click through the commits for additional commentary and to see what's changed from the current book version to now.