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install_and_configure_vcr

🛠️ Install and Configure VCR​

VCR records your HTTP interactions to cassette files so you can replay them in tests without hitting real services. Start by adding the vcr and webmock gems to your Gemfile and running bundle install. Then configure VCR in your spec_helper.rb or rails_helper.rb to set the cassette directory and hook into WebMock.

# spec/spec_helper.rb
require 'vcr'
require 'webmock/rspec'

VCR.configure do |config|
  config.cassette_library_dir = 'spec/vcr_cassettes'  # where cassettes are stored
  config.hook_into :webmock                         # intercept HTTP with WebMock
  config.configure_rspec_metadata!                  # enable `:vcr` metadata for RSpec
end