Rails Rspec logging in with selected user - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm facing the problem with logging in rspec with selected user. I've tried making controller module like that:
module ControllerMacros
def login(user)
before(:each) do
#request.env['devise.mapping'] = Devise.mappings[:user]
payload = { jti: SecureRandom.uuid, sub: user.id.to_s }
cookies['access_token'] = JWT.encode(payload, ENV['DEVISE_JWT_SECRET_KEY'], 'HS256')
sign_in user
end
end
end
The issue is that I'm either unbale to pass user in situation like that:
context 'as admin' do
let(:user) { create :user, :super_admin }
login user
before do
get :index
end
it { expect(response).to be_ok }
end
and i get:
Or if I try something like that:
context 'as admin' do
let(:user) { create :user, :super_admin }
before do
login user
get :index
end
it { expect(response).to be_ok }
end
I get:
How can I make it work?

Answer 1

you have created login helper with before(:each) block
In the first case, where you are calling login helper outside the it or before block and passing user instance created using let. here user is not available as scope of let variables is inside the it or before block.
In the second case, where you are calling login helper inside the before block, but login helper also adds before(:each) block. I suspect due to calling of before(:each) within before it raises the error. similar issue reported here
Possible solutions
create user inside the login helper and call it outside the it block
module ControllerMacros
def login
before(:each) do
user = create :user, :super_admin
#request.env['devise.mapping'] = Devise.mappings[:user]
payload = { jti: SecureRandom.uuid, sub: user.id.to_s }
cookies['access_token'] = JWT.encode(payload, ENV['DEVISE_JWT_SECRET_KEY'], 'HS256')
sign_in user
end
end
end
context 'as admin' do
login
before do
get :index
end
it { expect(response).to be_ok }
end
Remove before(:each) block from login helper
module ControllerMacros
def login(user)
#request.env['devise.mapping'] = Devise.mappings[:user]
payload = { jti: SecureRandom.uuid, sub: user.id.to_s }
cookies['access_token'] = JWT.encode(payload, ENV['DEVISE_JWT_SECRET_KEY'], 'HS256')
sign_in user
end
end
context 'as admin' do
let(:user) { create :user, :super_admin }
before do
login user
get :index
end
it { expect(response).to be_ok }
end