How do I disable webmock for a Capybara tests?

Question

I'm using webmock and VCR for some of my basic Rspec tests, but I want to disable webmock for my acceptance tests so that I can actually make external HTTP requests.

What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

you can just do

before do
  VCR.turn_off!
  WebMock.allow_net_connect!
end

after do
  VCR.turn_on!
  WebMock.disable_net_connect!
end

Answer 2

From the README:

WebMock.allow_net_connect!