Quick and dirty use of Capybara against a live site, for automation or smoke tests.

quick_web_automation.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

OPEN_TIME = "07:45"
TARGET_SITE = "http://example.com/"
PATIENT_NUMBER = '1111111'

require 'time'
require 'capybara'
require 'selenium-webdriver'

Capybara.run_server = false
Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
Selenium::WebDriver::Driver.class_eval do
  # Not sure why I did that ^^; 
  def quit
    STDOUT.puts "#{self.class}#quit: no-op"
  end
end

# Wait for the opening time.
Capybara.visit TARGET_SITE
sleep_time = Time.parse(OPEN_TIME) - Time.now
sleep sleep_time if sleep_time > 0

# Retry a few times in case the server time is skewed
# and the site is not open yet.
attempts = 10
begin
  Capybara.visit TARGET_SITE
  Capybara.click_on 'いますぐ受付'
rescue
  attempts -= 1
  if attempts > 0
    puts "RETRYING. Attempts left: #{attempts}"
    retry
  end
  raise "UNABLE TO CONNECT, giving up."
end

# Now perform the main automated task
Capybara.click_on '次へ'
Capybara.fill_in 'patient_number', with: PATIENT_NUMBER
Capybara.click_on '次へ'
Capybara.click_on 'はい'
Capybara.click_on '次へ'