# :new\_episodes

The `:new_episodes` record mode will:

* Record new interactions.
* Replay previously recorded interactions.

  It is similar to the `:once` record mode, but will *always* record new interactions, even if you have an existing recorded one that is similar (but not identical, based on the `:match_request_on` option).

## Background ()

*Given* a file named "setup.rb" with:

```
$server = start_sinatra_app do
  get('/') { 'Hello' }
end

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.hook_into                :webmock
  c.cassette_library_dir     = 'cassettes'
end
```

*And* a previously recorded cassette file "cassettes/example.yml" with:

```
--- 
http_interactions: 
- request: 
    method: get
    uri: http://example.com/foo
    body: 
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: ""
    headers: {}
  response: 
    status: 
      code: 200
      message: OK
    headers: 
      Content-Length: 
      - "20"
    body: 
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: example.com response
    http_version: "1.1"
  recorded_at: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:58:44 GMT
recorded_with: VCR 2.0.0
```

## Previously recorded responses are replayed

*Given* a file named "replay\_recorded\_response.rb" with:

```
require 'setup'

VCR.use_cassette('example', :record => :new_episodes) do
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response('example.com', '/foo')
  puts "Response: #{response.body}"
end
```

*When* I run `ruby replay_recorded_response.rb`

*Then* it should pass with "Response: example.com response".

## New requests get recorded

*Given* a file named "record\_new\_requests.rb" with:

```
require 'setup'

VCR.use_cassette('example', :record => :new_episodes) do
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response('localhost', '/', $server.port)
  puts "Response: #{response.body}"
end
```

*When* I run `ruby record_new_requests.rb`

*Then* it should pass with "Response: Hello"

*And* the file "cassettes/example.yml" should contain each of these:

\| example.com response | | Hello |


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