Getting Failure/error and NoMethod Error in rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

The following is my search method from the controller
#accounts = []
client = GameAccounts::GameAccountsClient.new
if params[:name]
# Try and find a game account by id using the given name
response = client.get_accounts_by_name(params[:name])
if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
account = client.parse_json(response)
unless account.empty?
session[:account] = account
redirect_to game_account_path(params[:name])
end
end
json = client.get_json(params[:limit],params[:offset],params[:name])
#presenter = GameAccountsPresenter.new(json)
end
end
I am trying to run the following test :
require 'spec_helper'
describe GameAccountsController do
describe 'GET search' do
it 'finds a named system account directly' do
get(:search, name: 'test').to be_redirect_to(game_account_path('test'))
end
end
end
I keep getting a
GameAccountsController GET search finds a named system account directly
Failure/Error: get(:search, name: 'test').to be_redirect_to(game_account_path('test'))
NoMethodError:
undefined method `to' for #<ActionController::TestResponse:0x007f8b0beb3e10>
# ./spec/controllers/game_accounts_controller_spec.rb:6:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
can anyone please let me know what i am doing wrong ?? .. tried doing .should redirect_to and i still get the same error but with method 'should'.
Client code
module GameAccounts
class GameAccountsClient
OAUTH_CONFIG=YAML.load_file(Rails.root.join('config','oauth.yml' ))
def consumer
#consumer ||= OAuth::Consumer.new(OAUTH_CONFIG['oauth_key'],OAUTH_CONFIG['oauth_secret'],access_token_url: OAUTH_CONFIG['oauth_access_token_url'],signature_method: 'HMAC-SHA1')
end
def get_accounts_by_name(name)
query_account(CGI.escape(name))
end
def get_accounts_by_id(account_id)
response = query_account(CGI.escape(account_id))
parse_json(response)
end
def get_json(limit,offset,name)
limit=set_limit(limit)
offset = set_offset(offset)
query = "?name=#{CGI.escape(name)}&limit=#{limit}#{offset}"
response = query_account(query)
parse_json(response)
end
def parse_json(response)
JSON.parse(response.body)
end
end

Answer 1

Rspec's request specs can be tricky. You should call the 'get' method with you params, this will create a response method where your actual response data is being held:
require 'spec_helper'
describe GameAccountsController do
describe 'GET search' do
it 'finds a named system account directly' do
get(:search, name: 'test')
response.should redirect_to(game_account_path('test'))
end
end
end
Hope it helps :)
Edit:
Here's a link to rspec's documentation, version 2.13 supports the expect syntax. The above example could also be written as:
require 'spec_helper'
describe GameAccountsController do
describe 'GET search' do
it 'finds a named system account directly' do
get(:search, name: 'test')
expect(response).to redirect_to(game_account_path('test'))
end
end
end
Edit 2:
Try the following code and test the return values (and classes) of the get_* methods:
def search
#accounts = []
if params[:name]
if get_response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
unless get_account.empty?
session[:account] = get_account
redirect_to game_account_path(params[:name])
end
end
json = get_client.get_json(params[:limit],params[:offset],params[:name])
#presenter = GameAccountsPresenter.new(json)
end
end
def get_client
#client ||= GameAccounts::GameAccountsClient.new
end
# Try and find a game account by id using the given name
def get_response
#response ||= client.get_accounts_by_name(params[:name])
end
def get_account
#account ||= get_client.parse_json(get_response)
end