Unable to get Ruby Page-Object gives error "undefined method" - selenium

Question

I am new to using PageObject::PageFactory.
I can’t get this simple scenario to work. Can someone Help me with this?
My Feature file
Feature: Find Pens
Scenario:
Given a user goes to Amazon website
When they search for “pens”
Then they are able to find “pens”
My Step_definition
Given(/^a user goes to Amazon website$/) do
visit HomePage
end
When(/^they search for “(.*?)”$/) do |page|
on HomePage do
page.look_pens
end
end
Then(/^they are able to find “(.*?)”$/) do |arg1|
pending # express the regexp above with the code you wish you had
end
Page Object file
QUESTION: Is it right to put this file in Support folder or should this be living elsewhere?
class HomePage
include PageObject
page_url(‘http://www.amazon.co.uk’)
text_field(:name, :id=> ‘twotabsearchtextbox’) #:id is the web-element from the actual webpage. Should this be something else?
button(:search, :value=>’Go’)
def look_pens(name,search)
self.name = pens
self.search
end
end
The Given part when run with Cucumber-SeleniumWebdriver does open the Amazon browser, but after that gives the following error for the When part
The Error
p.rb:1
When they search for “pens” # features/step_definitions/buy_pens_ste
p.rb:5
undefined method `look_pens’ for “pens”:String (NoMethodError)
./features/step_definitions/buy_pens_step.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in ‘
./features/step_definitions/buy_pens_step.rb:6:in `/^they search for “(.*?
)”$/’
features\buy_pens.feature:5:in `When they search for “pens”‘
My env.rb in the support folder contains:
require ‘page-object’
require ‘selenium-webdriver’
require ‘page-object/page_factory’
Before do
#browser = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)
end
After do
#browser.close
end
World(PageObject::PageFactory)

Answer 1

Typically page object files are maintained in a separate folder that is at the same level as the features directory. You will need to use additional require statements so that Ruby knows that they are located in that folder.
Re the error: Looks like the compiler is having difficulty recognizing that look_pens is a method of the HomePage class. Try moving the |page| from the end of the When step def to the second line, so that it looks like code below.
When(/^they search for “(.*?)”$/) do
on HomePage do |page|
page.look_pens
end
end