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shared_contexts_with_metadata

🗂️ Leverage Shared Contexts with Metadata​

Shared contexts can be conditionally included using metadata filters, reducing duplication for setup logic across groups. By tagging examples, you dynamically inject common let, hooks, or helper methods only where needed. This keeps global setup lean and speeds up your test suite.

# spec/support/shared_contexts/api_helpers.rb
RSpec.shared_context 'API client', :api_helper do
  let(:api_client) { ApiClient.new(token: ENV['API_TOKEN']) }
  before { api_client.authenticate }
end

# Usage in spec
RSpec.describe 'External service', :api_helper do
  it 'fetches user data' do
    expect(api_client.fetch_user(1)).to include('id' => 1)
  end
end