This package provides useful macros for generating random objects for testing.

random_text

Example:

describe 'upcase' do
  it 'should upcase the string.' do
    string = random_text.downcase
    upcase(string).should == string.upcase
  end
end

random_email

Example:

describe 'send_email' do
  it 'should send an email to the specified recipient' do
    recipient = random_email
    email = send_email(recipient, 'Hello')
    email.to.should == recipient
  end
end

random_time

Example:

describe 'previous_day' do
  it 'should return the timestamp 24 hours prior to the given timestamp.' do
    timestamp = random_time
    previous_day(timestamp).should == timestamp - 24.hours
  end
end

random_url

Example:

describe 'crawl' do
  it 'should download the specified url.' do
    url = random_url
    crawl(url)
    agent.should have_received(:get).with(url)
  end
end

random_exception

Example:

describe 'backtrace' do
  it 'should print the backtrace of the given exception.' do
    exception = random_exception
    backtrace(exception).should == exception.backtrace.join("\n")
  end
end

To make these macros available in your specs, do the following:

Gemfile

group :test do
  ...
  gem 'rspec_random', '~> 0.0.1'
  ...
end

spec/spec_helper.rb

require 'rspec_random'
...