Test not passing but manual testing works fine - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am running a test that is failing with the following message:
1) User pages profile page
Failure/Error: before { visit user_path(user) }
ActionView::Template::Error:
undefined local variable or method `new_key_path' for #<#<Class:0x007fa775c4bc50>:0x007fa775c48910>
# ./app/views/users/show.html.erb:21:in `_app_views_users_show_html_erb__4517315841728073114_70178605538620'
# ./spec/requests/user_pages_spec.rb:58:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
However, when I look at the page and follow the link manually, it works as it should. This is the test's code:
describe "profile page" do
let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
# let!(:key1) { FactoryGirl.create(:key) }
let!(:key1) { user.keys.build(name: "test", description: "test description", is_public: false) }
before { visit user_path(user) }
it { should have_content(user.name) }
it { should have_title(user.name) }
describe "keys" do
it { should have_content(key1.name) }
it { should have_content(key1.description) }
end
end
The 'show' page in question is:
<div class="row">
<div class="span12">
<% if #user.keys.any? %>
<h3>My Keys (<%= #user.keys.count %>)</h3>
<ol class="microposts">
<%= render #keys %>
</ol>
<%= will_paginate #keys %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to "New Key", new_key_path,
class: "btn btn-large" %>
Any idea what is causing the test to fail?
On a somewhat unrelated note, you might have noticed that I am not using a factory for :key1. This is because I kept getting this error when using it:
1) User pages profile page
Failure/Error: let!(:key1) { FactoryGirl.create(:key) }
ArgumentError:
Factory not registered: key
# ./spec/requests/user_pages_spec.rb:55:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
Despite my factories.rb file having :key in it:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
sequence(:name) { |n| "Person #{n}" }
sequence(:email) { |n| "person_#{n}#example.com"}
password "foobar"
password_confirmation "foobar"
factory :admin do
admin true
end
end
factory :key do
name "Test Key"
description "This is a test key"
is_public false
user
end
end
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
EDIT: Added routes
SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
get "keys/new"
resources :users
resources :sessions, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]
resources :keys, only: [:index, :new, :destroy, :create]
root to: 'static_pages#home'
match '/signup', to: 'users#new', via: 'get'
match '/signin', to: 'sessions#new', via: 'get'
match '/signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', via: 'delete'
match '/help', to: 'static_pages#help', via: 'get'
match '/about', to: 'static_pages#about', via: 'get'
match '/contact', to: 'static_pages#contact', via: 'get'
end
Result of rake routes:
Prefix Verb URI Pattern Controller#Action
keys_new GET /keys/new(.:format) keys#new
users GET /users(.:format) users#index
POST /users(.:format) users#create
new_user GET /users/new(.:format) users#new
edit_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) users#edit
user GET /users/:id(.:format) users#show
PATCH /users/:id(.:format) users#update
PUT /users/:id(.:format) users#update
DELETE /users/:id(.:format) users#destroy
sessions POST /sessions(.:format) sessions#create
new_session GET /sessions/new(.:format) sessions#new
session DELETE /sessions/:id(.:format) sessions#destroy
keys GET /keys(.:format) keys#index
POST /keys(.:format) keys#create
new_key GET /keys/new(.:format) keys#new
key DELETE /keys/:id(.:format) keys#destroy
root GET / static_pages#home
signup GET /signup(.:format) users#new
signin GET /signin(.:format) sessions#new
signout DELETE /signout(.:format) sessions#destroy
help GET /help(.:format) static_pages#help
about GET /about(.:format) static_pages#about
contact GET /contact(.:format) static_pages#contact

Answer 1

Given that it worked after restarting spork, you've likely encountered one of the cases where spork does not pick up changes you've made. See Spork/Autotest not picking up changes automatically for discussion and the highest voted answer for workarounds.

Answer 2

You're probably able to see the page when you manually go to it in your browser, but upon visiting "New Key", you should have problems seeing the "New Key" page, because new_key_path doesn't exist.
If key is meant to be a child of user, then it should be new_user_key_path instead, assuming your routes are properly set up:
resources :users do
resources :keys
...
end
Try using new_user_key_path instead of:
<%= link_to "New Key", new_key_path,
class: "btn btn-large" %>
In your show.
Otherwise, if key is not meant to be a child of user,
Your factory for key1 isn't registering because you need to define a separate FactoryGirl factory for it.
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :key do
...
end
end
It is currently being treated as a child of user. If you properly indent your code, you'll realize you left it out:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
sequence(:name) { |n| "Person #{n}" }
sequence(:email) { |n| "person_#{n}#example.com"}
password "foobar"
password_confirmation "foobar"
factory :admin do
admin true
end
end
# Missing end
# Missing FactoryGirl.define do
factory :key do
name "Test Key"
description "This is a test key"
is_public false
user
end
end