VCR::LogUnmatchedCassettes

Make finding and re-recording unmatched VCR cassettes (test that fail due to VCR::Errors::UnhandledHTTPRequestError) easier by logging the test and unmatched cassette paths to a CSV.

In your Gemfile

# development for Rake task access
gem "vcr-log_unmatched_cassettes", :group => %w[test development]

In your spec configuration, after loading VCR, call:

VCR::LogUnmatchedCassettes.install

Now tests that fail due to VCR being able to unmatch the request (VCR::Errors::UnhandledHTTPRequestError) will be output to the system's temp directory in a CSV. If you're using Rails it will be output to ./tmp.

Load the Rake task to delete cassettes listed in the cassette column of the latest report:

# Rakefile
require "vcr/log_unmatched_cassettes/rake"

Then run:

rake vcr:log_unmatched_cassettes:delete_cassettes

Under Rails it is loaded automatically via a Railtie.

When tests fail due to unmatched HTTP requests the path is output within a large blob of text. This may be fine for a couple of tests but with large amounts of tests the path can be a pain track down. This becomes worse when one needs the paths for multiple tests.

Often one needs the path solely to delete the cassette and re-record it. This is often preferred to using VCR's record: :all globally as :all is a bit heavy-handed.

record: :all can be applied per test, but this requires modifying the test so that it can be scoped to :all.

Removing all cassettes is an option but this can clutter your git history with needless and very bloated diffs.

vcr-unused_cassettes - Find unused VCR cassettes

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Skye Shaw [sshaw AT gmail.com]