app.rb

@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ class App < Roda
         flash['message'] = "Please enter a valid URL";
         r.redirect '/'
       end
-
-      begin
-        OpenURI.open_uri(url)
-      rescue URI::BadURIError
-        flash['message'] = "Invalid URL"
-        r.redirect '/'
-      rescue OpenURI::HTTPError
-        flash['message'] = "URL not found"
-        r.redirect '/'
-      rescue SocketError => e
-        flash['message'] = "URL does not resolve"
-        r.redirect '/'
-      end
-
       if links.filter(:url => url).first.nil?
         code = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64 4
         links.insert(url: url, code: code) 

features/step_definitions/steps.rb

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Then('I should be redirected to {string}') do |string|
 end
 
 Then('The status code should be {int}') do |code|
-  page.status_code.should eq(code)
+  puts page.status_code.should eq(code)
 end
 
 

features/submit.feature

@@ -26,27 +26,3 @@ Feature: Submit
     And I click the "Submit" button
     Then I should be on "/create" page
     And I should see the message "Link exists"
-
-  @db-test
-  Scenario: Submitting the form with a URL that is 404
-    Given I visit the "/" page
-    When I type "http://google.com/example" in the "url" field
-    And I click the "Submit" button
-    Then I should be on "/" page
-    And I should see the message "URL not found"
-
-  @db-test
-  Scenario: Submitting the form with a URL that does not resolve
-    Given I visit the "/" page
-    When I type "http://bad.tld" in the "url" field
-    And I click the "Submit" button
-    Then I should be on "/" page
-    And I should see the message "URL does not resolve"
-
-  @db-test
-  Scenario: Submitting the form with an invalid URL
-    Given I visit the "/" page
-    When I type "not-an-url" in the "url" field
-    And I click the "Submit" button
-    Then I should be on "/" page
-    And I should see the message "Invalid URL"