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Project: Vcr 2.0.0.rc1

Publisher: VCR

Ignore Request

By default, VCR hooks into every request, either allowing it and recording
it, or playing back a recorded response, or raising an error to force you
to deal with the new request. In some situations, you may prefer to have
VCR ignore some requests.

VCR provides 3 configuration options to accomplish this:

  • ignore_request { |req| ... } will ignore any request for which the given block returns true.
  • ignore_hosts 'foo.com', 'bar.com' allows you to specify particular hosts to ignore.
  • ignore_localhost = true is equivalent to ignore_hosts 'localhost', '127.0.0.1', '0.0.0.0'. It is particularly useful for when you use VCR with a javascript-enabled capybara driver, since capybara boots your rack app and makes localhost requests to it to check that it has booted.

Ignored requests are not recorded and are always allowed, regardless of
the record mode, and even outside of a VCR.use_cassette block.

Background
Given
a file named "sinatra_app.rb" with: 
response_count = 0
start_sinatra_app(:port => 7777) do
  get('/') { "Port 7777 Response #{response_count += 1}" }
end
Scenarios
  1. ignore requests to a specific port
  2. ignored host requests are not recorded and are always allowed
  3. localhost requests are not treated differently by default
  4. localhost requests are allowed and not recorded when ignore_localhost = true
  • @exclude-jruby
ignore requests to a specific port
Given
a file named "ignore_request.rb" with: 
include_http_adapter_for("http_lib")
require 'sinatra_app.rb'

response_count = 0
start_sinatra_app(:port => 8888) do
  get('/') { "Port 8888 Response #{response_count += 1}" }
end

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.ignore_request do |request|
    URI(request.uri).port == 7777
  end

  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
  configuration
end

VCR.use_cassette('example') do
  puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:8888/")
end

VCR.use_cassette('example') do
  puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
end

puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:8888/")
When
I run ruby ignore_request.rb
Then
it should fail with: 
An HTTP request has been made that VCR does not know how to handle:
  GET http://localhost:8888/
And
the output should contain: 
Port 8888 Response 1
Port 7777 Response 1
Port 7777 Response 2
And
the file "cassettes/example.yml" should contain "body: Port 8888"
And
the file "cassettes/example.yml" should not contain "body: Port 7777"
Examples:
configuration http_lib
c.hook_into :fakeweb net/http
c.hook_into :webmock net/http
c.hook_into :typhoeus typhoeus
c.hook_into :faraday faraday (w/ net_http)
ignored host requests are not recorded and are always allowed
Given
a file named "ignore_hosts.rb" with: 
include_http_adapter_for("http_lib")
require 'sinatra_app.rb'

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.ignore_hosts '127.0.0.1', 'localhost'
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
  configuration
end

VCR.use_cassette('example') do
  puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
end

puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
When
I run ruby ignore_hosts.rb
Then
it should pass with: 
Port 7777 Response 1
Port 7777 Response 2
And
the file "cassettes/example.yml" should not exist
Examples:
configuration http_lib
c.hook_into :fakeweb net/http
c.hook_into :webmock net/http
c.hook_into :typhoeus typhoeus
c.hook_into :excon excon
c.hook_into :faraday faraday (w/ net_http)
  • @exclude-jruby
localhost requests are not treated differently by default
Given
a file named "localhost_not_ignored.rb" with: 
include_http_adapter_for("http_lib")
require 'sinatra_app.rb'

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
  configuration
end

VCR.use_cassette('localhost') do
  response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
end

response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
When
I run ruby localhost_not_ignored.rb
Then
it should fail with "An HTTP request has been made that VCR does not know how to handle"
And
the file "cassettes/localhost.yml" should contain "body: Port 7777 Response 1"
Examples:
configuration http_lib
c.hook_into :fakeweb net/http
c.hook_into :webmock net/http
c.hook_into :typhoeus typhoeus
c.hook_into :excon excon
c.hook_into :faraday faraday (w/ net_http)
localhost requests are allowed and not recorded when ignore_localhost = true
Given
a file named "ignore_localhost_true.rb" with: 
include_http_adapter_for("http_lib")
require 'sinatra_app.rb'

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.ignore_localhost = true
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
  configuration
end

VCR.use_cassette('localhost') do
  puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
end

puts response_body_for(:get, "http://localhost:7777/")
When
I run ruby ignore_localhost_true.rb
Then
it should pass with: 
Port 7777 Response 1
Port 7777 Response 2
And
the file "cassettes/localhost.yml" should not exist
Examples:
configuration http_lib
c.hook_into :fakeweb net/http
c.hook_into :webmock net/http
c.hook_into :typhoeus typhoeus
c.hook_into :excon excon
c.hook_into :faraday faraday (w/ net_http)

Last published over 5 years ago by myronmarston.