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basic_cassette_usage

🎞️ Record and Replay HTTP Interactions​

Use VCR cassettes to wrap code that makes HTTP requests so responses are recorded on first run and replayed thereafter. You can use RSpec metadata or explicitly call VCR.use_cassette. This ensures your tests stay fast and deterministic.

# Using RSpec metadata (requires config.configure_rspec_metadata!)
describe 'External API fetch', :vcr do
  it 'retrieves user info' do
    response = Net::HTTP.get(URI('https://api.example.com/user/1'))
    expect(response).to include('username')
  end
end

# Or explicitly:
VCR.use_cassette('user_fetch') do
  response = HTTP.get('https://api.example.com/user/1')
  puts response.to_s
end