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Edwin Vlieg

Allow Webrat to read the data-method attribute

Reported by Edwin Vlieg | March 12th, 2010 @ 08:36 AM

Rails 3 will contain unobtrusive JavaScript helpers, allowing easy switching between JavaScript frameworks. By making use of the new data attributes of HTML5, Rails stores information about the action to take. In case of a link with a delete HTTP method, Webrat won't work:

link_to "Delete", instance, :method => :delete

In Rails 3, this will produce the following HTML:

<a href="/instance/123" data-method="delete">Delete</a>

The following monkey patch makes use of the "data-method" attribute and allows Webrat to follow delete links in Rails 3.

module Webrat
  class Link < Element
    def http_method
      if !@element["data-method"].blank?
        @element["data-method"]
      elsif !onclick.blank? && onclick.include?("f.submit()")
        http_method_from_js_form
      else
        :get
      end
    end
  end
end

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