Rspec and current user id saved in different model from devise - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm using Devise to manage users and my goal get the current user to be saved with the created record.
The current user is saved in the controller but my Rspec is wrong!
Thank you all for your help.
My record Model
class Record < ActiveRecord::Base
#Associations
belongs_to :user
# Validations
validates :title, :user, presence: true
end
My record Controller
class RecordsController < ApplicationController
before_action :find_record, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
def create
#record = Record.new(record_params)
if #record.save
redirect_to #record
else
#records = Record.all
render 'index'
end
end
def update
if #record.update(record_params)
flash[:notice] = "The record was updated successfully"
redirect_to #record
else
render 'edit'
end
end
private
def find_record
#record = Record.find(params[:id])
end
def record_params
params.require(:record).permit(:title, :description, :user_id).merge(user: current_user) # as suggested
end
end
My Rspec
require 'rails_helper'
describe RecordsController do
let(:record) { create(:record) }
let(:user) { create(:user) }
let(:title) { "Some title I would like to put in my record" }
let(:description) { "description I would like to put in my record" }
describe "#create" do
it "creates a new record with the given title and description" do
expect do
post :create, record: { title: title, description: description, user_id: user }
end.to change { Record.count }.by(1)
expect(response).to redirect_to(assigns[:record])
expect(assigns[:record].title).to eq(title)
expect(assigns[:record].description).to eq(description)
end
it "fails to create a record and returns to the index page" do
expect(post :create, record: { description: description }).to render_template(:index)
expect(assigns[:records]).to eq(Record.all)
end
end
describe "#update" do
it "find the records and sets the new given values" do
put :update, { id: record.id, record: { title: title, description: description } }
record.reload
expect(record.title).to eq(title)
expect(record.description).to eq(description)
expect(flash[:notice]).to eq("The record was updated successfully")
end
it "fails to create a record and returns to the edit page" do
expect(put :update, { id: record.id, record: { title: "" } }).to render_template(:edit)
end
end
end
Now with the current user being saved Rspec throws me errors in create and update:
1) RecordsController#create creates a new record with the given title and description
Failure/Error: post :create, record: { title: title, description: description, user_id: user }
NoMethodError:
undefined method `authenticate' for nil:NilClass
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:42:in `record_params'
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:9:in `create'
# ./spec/controllers/records_controller_spec.rb:36:in `block (4 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/controllers/records_controller_spec.rb:35:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# -e:1:in `<main>'
2) RecordsController#create fails to create a record and returns to the index page
Failure/Error: expect(post :create, record: { description: description }).to render_template(:index)
NoMethodError:
undefined method `authenticate' for nil:NilClass
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:42:in `record_params'
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:9:in `create'
# ./spec/controllers/records_controller_spec.rb:46:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# -e:1:in `<main>'
3) RecordsController#update find the records and sets the new given values
Failure/Error: put :update, { id: record.id, record: { title: title, description: description } }
NoMethodError:
undefined method `authenticate' for nil:NilClass
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:42:in `record_params'
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:20:in `update'
# ./spec/controllers/records_controller_spec.rb:62:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# -e:1:in `<main>'
4) RecordsController#update fails to create a record and returns to the edit page
Failure/Error: expect(put :update, { id: record.id, record: { title: "" } }).to render_template(:edit)
NoMethodError:
undefined method `authenticate' for nil:NilClass
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:42:in `record_params'
# ./app/controllers/records_controller.rb:20:in `update'
# ./spec/controllers/records_controller_spec.rb:72:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

Answer 1

You need to login the user first before you can use the current_user.
Something like:
before do
sign_in :user, create(:user)
end
Also checkout How To: Test controllers with Rails 3 and 4 (and RSpec)