$LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib" require 'active_resource' require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions' ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend = ENV['XMLMINI'] || 'REXML' ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock| mock.get '/people/1.xml', {}, { :id => 1, :name => 'bob' }.to_xml(:root => 'person') end class Person < ActiveResource::Base self.site = 'http://localhost/' end bob = Person.find(1) puts bob.inspect