Test failing with RSpec in my rails app - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to run this test but for some reason its failing.
describe "User Pages" do
subject { page }
.
.
describe "Sign up" do
before { visit signup_path }
let(:submit) { "Sign Me Up" }
.
.
describe "with valid information" do
before do
fill_in "name", with: "newuser"
fill_in "Username", with: "user254"
fill_in "Email", with: "user#yahoo.com"
select "Male", from: "gender"
fill_in "Password", with: "password"
fill_in "Confirm Password", with: "password"
end
it "Should create a user" do
expect { click_button submit}.to change(User, :count).by(1)
end
end
However, when I run the test I get this error
Failures:
1) User Pages signup with valid information Should create a user
Failure/Error: expect { click_button submit}.to change(User, :count).by(1)
count should have been changed by 1, but was changed by 0
# ./spec/requests/user_pages_spec.rb:35:in `block (4 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 4.61 seconds
35 examples, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/requests/user_pages_spec.rb:34 # User Pages signup with valid information Should create a user
This is my create action in my controller
def create
#user = User.new(params[:user])
if #user.save
redirect_to #user
else
render 'new'
end
end
When I try signing up in the browser, signup is successfull. Is anything wrong with my test? Thanks

Answer 1

check if the user is being saved on the controller:
def create
#user = User.new(params[:user])
puts "valid? = #{#user.valid?.inspect}"
if #user.save
puts 'saved!'
redirect_to #user
else
puts 'not saved'
puts #user.errors.inspect
render 'new'
end
end
that will print the controller process and you will know what's happening
if nothing gets printed, then the problem is some before_filter that's preventing the create action to being called

Answer 2

try it with
it "Should create a user" do
click_button submit
User.count.should == 1
end