RSPEC Error: Expected #<ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy > got: nil - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to test the following controller action(Using Ruby on Rails, RSPEC, and FactoryGirl):
class ContactsController < ApplicationController
before_action :authenticate_user!
def index
#contacts = current_user.contacts
# #contacts = Contact.all
end
Here is my contacts_controller_spec.rb file:
require 'rails_helper'
describe ContactsController do
before do
#user = FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_contacts)
sign_in #user
end
describe "GET INDEX" do
it "assigns #contacts" do
expect(assigns(:contacts)).to eq(#user.contacts)
end
end
Failure/Error: expect(assigns(:contact)).to eq([contact])
expected: [#<Contact id: 295, first_name: "Loy", email: "leon#hegmannhintz.net", phone_number: "6044339393", created_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", updated_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", last_name: "Wyman", user_id: 343>]
got: #<Contact id: nil, first_name: nil, email: nil, phone_number: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, last_name: nil, user_id: nil>
And here is my users_spec.rb file:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
email { Faker::Internet.email }
password { "32423fdsfasf42" }
factory :user_with_contacts do
transient do
contacts_count 2
end
after(:create) do |user, evaluator|
create_list(:contact, evaluator.contacts_count, user: user)
end
end
end
end
Any Help please? I have been stuck on this for a long time.
If i call
puts #user.inspect
I get
#<User id: 340, email: "johnson_kaulke#brekke.com", encrypted_password: "$2a$04$Si5k6Q1eYERvhQITXKBoIOGEzPyK50E3IQ.yjRcqmDj...", reset_password_token: nil, reset_password_sent_at: nil, remember_created_at: nil, sign_in_count: 0, current_sign_in_at: nil, last_sign_in_at: nil, current_sign_in_ip: nil, last_sign_in_ip: nil, created_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", updated_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42">
and
calling
puts #user.contacts.inspect
I get
#<ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy [#<Contact id: 289, first_name: "Fae", email: "ariane#johnston.net", phone_number: "6044339393", created_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", updated_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", last_name: "Spinka", user_id: 340>, #<Contact id: 290, first_name: "Marcellus", email: "chloe_deckow#buckridge.net", phone_number: "6044339393", created_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", updated_at: "2015-09-12 19:13:42", last_name: "Bashirian", user_id: 340>]>
Its just when i call the assigns(:contacts) that the problem happens!

Answer 1

I think you forgot to invoke the controller action. :)
Try adding get :index
it "assigns #contacts" do
get :index
expect(assigns(:contacts)).to eq(#user.contacts)
end