Automatic generation of rspec model tests and factories for factory girl

models.rb

class Models
  def self.generate what = :model
    Rails.application.eager_load!
    ActiveRecord::Base.descendants.each do |model|
      method(what)[model]
    end
    true
  end
  def self.factory model
    factory_file_name = "spec/factories/#{model.name.underscore}.rb"
    unless File.exists?(factory_file_name)
      File.open(factory_file_name,"w") do |file|
        factory_for model, file
      end
    end
  end
  def self.factory_for model, file
    file << <<-EOT
FactoryBot.define do
  factory :#{model.name.underscore}, :class => '#{model.name}' do
#{factory_cols model}
  end
end
    EOT
  end
  def self.factory_cols model
    associations = model.reflections
    "".tap do |output_text|
      model.columns.each do |col|
        next if col.name == 'id'
        stripped_name = col.name.gsub(/_id$/,'').to_sym
        output_text << "\n    "
        assoc =  associations[stripped_name]
        if assoc && [:has_one,:belongs_to].include?(assoc.macro)
          output_text << if assoc.options[:class_name]
            "association :#{stripped_name.to_s}, factory: :#{assoc.options[:class_name].underscore}"
          else
            stripped_name.to_s
          end
        else
          output_text << "#{preprocess_name col.name, col.type } #{factory_default_for(col.name, col.type)}"
        end
      end
    end
  end
  def self.preprocess_name name, type
    case name
    when /retry/
      "self.#{name}"
    when /e.*mail/,/name/
      if [:text,:string].include?(type)
        "sequence(:#{name})"
      else
        name
      end
    else
      name
    end
  end
  def self.factory_default_for name, type
    case type
    when :integer, :decimal
      "1"
    when :date
      "Time.now.to_date"
    when :datetime
      "Time.now"
    when :boolean
      "true"
    when :spatial
      "nil"
    else
      case name
       when /e.*mail/
         '{ |n| "test#{n}@example.com" }'
       when /name/
         '{ |n| "name#{n}" }'
       when /country/
         '"GB"'
       when /_ip$/
        '"192.168.0.1"'
       when /phone/
        '"+44000000000"'
      else
        '"test123"'
       end
    end
  end
  def self.model model
    test_file_name = "spec/models/#{model.name.underscore}_spec.rb"
    unless File.exists?(test_file_name)
      File.open(test_file_name,"w") do |file|
        describe_model model, file
      end
    end
  end
  def self.describe_model model, file
    file << <<-EOT
require 'rails_helper'

describe #{model.name}, :type => :model do
  # let (:subject) { build :#{model.name.underscore} }
#{read_write_tests model}
#{associations model.reflections}
end
  EOT
  end
  def self.read_write_tests model
    "  context \"validation\" do".tap do |output_text|
      model.validators.select { |val| val.is_a? ActiveModel::Validations::PresenceValidator }.map(&:attributes).
       flatten.each { |col| output_text << "\n    it { should validate_presence_of :#{col} }"}
      model.validators.select { |val| !val.is_a? ActiveModel::Validations::PresenceValidator }.
       each { |col| output_text << "\n    it \"#{col.class.to_s.demodulize.underscore} test for #{col.attributes.map(&:to_sym).to_s}\""}
    end << "\n  end"
  end
  def self.associations reflections
    "  context \"associations\" do".tap do |output_text|
      reflections.each_pair { |key,assoc| output_text << "\n    it { should #{translate_assoc assoc.macro} :#{test_assoc_name assoc} }"}
    end << "\n  end"
  end
  def self.translate_assoc macro
    macro.to_s.gsub(/belongs/,'belong').gsub(/has/,'have')
  end
  def self.test_assoc_name assoc
    case assoc.macro
    when /have_many/
      assoc.plural_name
    when /has_one/,/belongs_to/
      assoc.name
    else
      assoc.name
    end
  end
end

@fjfish small error:

    def namespace
      @namespace ||= begin
                       parts = required_file_name.split("/")
                       if parts.length > 1
                         parts[0..-1]
                       else
                         parts
                       end
                     end
    end

@jmscholen - thanks - amended.

Hope you found it useful.

IIRC my local copy had to put brackets around the factory stuff, but I haven't needed it for a few days so not checked.