using_fixtures

📂 Using Fixtures for Simple Data

Rails fixtures let you preload data for tests without repeatedly creating it in each spec. Define fixture files under test/fixtures and enable fixture support in RSpec.

# test/fixtures/users.yml
default:
  name: "Test User"
  email: "user@example.com"

In your spec helper (spec/rails_helper.rb), add:

config.fixture_path = Rails.root.join('test', 'fixtures')
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true

Then in a spec:

RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
  fixtures :users

  it 'loads the default fixture' do
    user = users(:default)
    expect(user.email).to eq('user@example.com')
  end
end