No route matches {:controller=>"stocks", :action=>"create"} RSpec Rails 3 - ruby-on-rails

Question

I don't understand why I'm getting this error message when I run RSpec:
Failure/Error: post :create
ActionController::RoutingError:
No route matches {:controller=>"stocks", :action=>"create"}
The controller stocks exists, the action create exists, and the route it should be using is this:
match 'stocks/:user_id' => 'stocks#create', :via => :post, :as => :query
Route File:
FruthScreener::Application.routes.draw do
root :to => 'stocks#index' # add user_id
match 'stocks/:user_id' => 'stocks#create', :via => :post, :as => :query
match 'stocks/:user_id' => 'stocks#destroy', :via => :delete, :as => :reset
match 'stocks/:user_id/update' => "stocks#update_index", :via => :post
Stock Controller: (Yes, this will be DRYed up)
class StocksController < ApplicationController
def index
#user = User.create
#user_id_num = #user.id
#user.stocks = Stock.all
#user.save
selected_user_stocks = (UserStock.where("user_id = #{#user_id_num} AND selected = true")).take(25)
#stocks = UserStock.convert_to_stocks(selected_user_stocks)
#pages = Pagination.determine_num_pages(#user.stocks)
end
def update_index
#user_id_num = params[:user_id]
#user = User.find(#user_id_num)
selected_user_stocks = UserStock.where("user_id = #{#user_id_num} AND selected = true")
#stocks = UserStock.convert_to_stocks(selected_user_stocks)
#pages = Pagination.determine_num_pages(#stocks)
#stocks = Stock.display(#stocks, params[:pageNumber].to_i)
render partial: 'stock_data'
end
def create
UserStock.eliminate_stocks(params) # thinking it's like "creating" a new batch of stocks
#user_id_num = params[:user_id]
#user = User.find(#user_id_num)
selected_user_stocks = UserStock.where("user_id = #{#user_id_num} AND selected = true")
#stocks = UserStock.convert_to_stocks(selected_user_stocks)
#pages = Pagination.determine_num_pages(#stocks)
#stocks = Stock.display(#stocks, 1)
render partial: 'stock_data'
end
def destroy
stocks_to_reset = UserStock.where("user_id = #{params[:user_id]}")
stocks_to_reset.each do |user_stock|
user_stock.selected = true
user_stock.save
end
#user_id_num = params[:user_id]
#user = User.find(#user_id_num)
selected_user_stocks = UserStock.where("user_id = #{#user_id_num} AND selected = true")
#stocks = UserStock.convert_to_stocks(selected_user_stocks)
#pages = Pagination.determine_num_pages(#stocks)
#stocks = Stock.display(#stocks, 1)
render partial: 'stock_data'
end
end
Stock Controller Spec: (test at bottom is failing)
require 'spec_helper'
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!
end
describe StocksController do
context "index" do
before do
#user_count = User.all.count
#stock_count = Stock.all.count
get :index
end
it "should create a new user" do
expect(User.all.count).to eq(#user_count + 1)
end
it "should associate all stocks with the user" do
expect(User.last.stocks.count).to eq(#stock_count)
end
end
context "create" do # investigate why this isn't working...
it "should render the stock_list partial" do
user = User.create
post :create
response.should render_template(partial: "stock_list")
end
end
end
Thanks!!

Answer 1

match 'stocks/:user_id' => 'stocks#create', :via => :post, :as => :query
tells us that it needs :user_id to be a valid route.
post :create
has no :user_id... so it doesn't refer to a valid route.
I'd change it to
post :create, :user_id => user.id

Answer 2

post :create, params: {user_id: user.id}