I have written this controller code in Ruby on Rails
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user!
def index
#posts = Post.all(:order => "created_at DESC")
respond_to do |format|
format.html
end
end
def create
#post = Post.create(:message => params[:message])
respond_to do |format|
if #post.save
format.html { redirect_to posts_path }
format.js
else
flash[:notice] = "Message failed to save."
format.html { redirect_to posts_path }
end
end
end
end
and corresponding to this I have written the following test case :-
require 'spec_helper'
describe PostsController do
describe "GET 'index'" do
it "returns http success" do
get 'index'
response.should be_success
end
end
describe "#create" do
it "creates a successful mesaage post" do
#post = Post.create(message: "Message")
#post.should be_an_instance_of Post
end
end
end
I am getting failures on both. Please take a look on the code and help me figure out.
I suspect you are not logged in since you are using Devise?
Maybe you need to include the devise testhelpers:
describe PostsController do
include Devise::TestHelpers
before(:each) do
#user = User.create(...)
sign_in #user
end
#assertions go here
end
As Tigraine states, it appears as though you probably are not logged in (with Devise) when the tests get executed. However, showing the failures would help in narrowing down the problem further.
On top of that, the second test isn't really an integration test and I would probably prefer something like the following to test the same condition. There are two types of test you could do:
# inside 'describe "#create"'
let(:valid_params) { {'post' => {'title' => 'Test Post'} }
it 'creates a new Post' do
expect {
post :create, valid_params
}.to change(Post, :count).by(1)
end
# and / or
it 'assigns a new Post' do
post :create, valid_params
assigns(:post).should be_a(Post)
assigns(:post).should be_persisted
end
Don't forget to add this line into your spec_helper.rb
require "devise/test_helpers"
include Devise::TestHelpers
Nevertheless, here is link for Devise wiki - How to test Controllers where you can find more info about this approach. I recommend writing the before method without (:each), what I remember it sometimes causes problems.
before do
#user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
sign_in #user
end
Can always use:
puts response.inspect
To see how your response looks like.
Related
post_controller file
class PostsController < ActionController::Base
before_action :authenticate_user!
def index
#post = current_user.posts.paginate(page: params[:page], per_page: 5)
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.json { render json: #post }
end
end
def new
#post = Post.new
end
def create
#post = current_user.posts.build(post_param)
if #post.save
redirect_to action: 'index'
else
render 'new'
end
post_controller_test
require 'test_helper'
class PostsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
include Devise::TestHelpers
def setup
#user = users(:Bob)
#post = Post.new
end #passed
test 'logged in should get show' do
sign_in #user
get :index
assert_response :success
end #passed
test 'not authenticated should get redirect' do
get :index
assert_response :redirect
end #passed
test 'should get index' do
get :index
assert_response :success
assert_not_nil assigns(:posts)
end #failing
test "should destroy post" do
assert_difference('Post.count', -1) do
delete :destroy, id: #post
end
assert_redirected_to posts_path
end #failing
...
devise is setup and working fine but why I am getting 302 error in last two cases. Is it because I am not passing #user parameters to it? I did but it was still throwing the same error. I also checked out my routes file which is fine because post_controller is working fine in development mode.
What I am doing wrong here?
Edit-1
I tried to create test cases for create method
def setup
#user = users(:bob)
#p = posts(:one)
#post = Post.new
end
test 'should create post' do
sign_in #user
assert_difference('Post.count') do
post :create, post: { name: #p.name, value: #p.value}
end
end
I am getting ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty: post while in my controller class I do have
params.require(:post).permit(:name, :value, :user_id)
I also have all parameters in my .yml file i.e.
one:
name: 2
value: 3
It looks like you need to sign in before trying the index action. You're also testing the wrong instance variable name. You're testing #posts, but you've defined #post in the controller. Try this test instead:
test 'should get index' do
sign_in #user
get :index
assert_response :success
assert_not_nil assigns(:post)
end
I am building a simple blog app in order to learn BDD/TDD with RSpec and Factory Girl. Through this process, I continue to run into 'Failures' but I believe they have more to do with how I am using Factory Girl than anything.
As you'll see below, in order to get my specs to pass, I'm having a hard time keeping my test DRY - there must be something I am misunderstanding. You'll notice, I'm not using Factory Girl to it's full potential and at times, skipping it altogether. I find that I commonly run into problems when using functions such as get :create, get :show, or put :update within the spec.
I am currently stuck on the #PUT update spec that should simply test the assignment of the #post variable. I have tried multiple types of this spec that I found online, yet none seem to work - hence, is it Factory Girl? Maybe the specs I'm finding online are outdated Rspec versions?
I'm using:
Rspec 3.1.7
Rails 4.1.6
posts_controller_spec.rb
require 'rails_helper'
require 'shoulda-matchers'
RSpec.describe PostsController, :type => :controller do
describe "#GET index" do
it 'renders the index template' do
get :index
expect(response).to be_success
end
it "assigns all posts as #posts" do
post = Post.create(title: 'Charlie boy', body: 'Bow wow wow ruff')
get :index
expect(assigns(:posts)).to eq([post])
end
end
describe '#GET show' do
it 'assigns the request post to #post' do
post = Post.create!(title: 'Charlie boy', body: 'Bow wow wow ruff')
get :show, id: post.id
expect(assigns(:post)).to eq(post)
end
end
describe '#GET create' do
context 'with valid attributes' do
before :each do
post :create, post: attributes_for(:post)
end
it 'creates the post' do
expect(Post.count).to eq(1)
expect(flash[:notice]).to eq('Your post has been saved!')
end
it 'assigns a newly created post as #post' do
expect(assigns(:post)).to be_a(Post)
expect(assigns(:post)).to be_persisted
end
it 'redirects to the "show" action for the new post' do
expect(response).to redirect_to Post.first
end
end
context 'with invalid attributes' do
before :each do
post :create, post: attributes_for(:post, title: 'ha')
end
it 'fails to create a post' do
expect(Post.count).to_not eq(1)
expect(flash[:notice]).to eq('There was an error saving your post.')
end
it 'redirects to the "new" action' do
expect(response).to redirect_to new_post_path
end
end
end
describe '#GET edit' do
it 'assigns the request post to #post' do
post = Post.create!(title: 'Charlie boy', body: 'Bow wow wow ruff')
get :edit, id: post.id
expect(assigns(:post)).to eq(post)
end
end
describe '#PUT update' do
context 'with success' do
before :each do
post :create, post: attributes_for(:post)
end
it 'assigns the post to #post' do
put :update, id: post.id
expect(assigns(:post)).to eq(post)
end
end
end
end
posts_controller.rb
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def index
#posts = Post.all.order('created_at DESC')
end
def new
#post = Post.new
end
def create
#post = Post.new(post_params)
if #post.save
flash[:notice] = "Your post has been saved!"
redirect_to #post
else
flash[:notice] = "There was an error saving your post."
redirect_to new_post_path
end
end
def show
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
def edit
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
def update
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
# if #post.update(params[:post].permit(:title, :body))
# flash[:notice] = "Your post is updated!"
# redirect_to #post
# else
# flash[:notice] = "There was an error updating your post."
# render :edit
# end
end
private
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:title, :body)
end
end
factories/post.rb
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :post do
title 'First title ever'
body 'Forage paleo aesthetic food truck. Bespoke gastropub pork belly, tattooed readymade chambray keffiyeh Truffaut ennui trust fund you probably haven\'t heard of them tousled.'
end
end
Current Failure:
Failures:
1) PostsController#PUT update with success assigns the post to #post
Failure/Error: put :update, id: post.id
ArgumentError:
wrong number of arguments (0 for 1+)
# ./spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb:86:in `block (4 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.19137 seconds (files took 1.17 seconds to load)
17 examples, 1 failure
You could definitely leverage factories here.
The factory you've created is actually fine too.
Instead of doing:
post = Post.create(title: 'Charlie boy', body: 'Bow wow wow ruff')
Do this: post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
You can get ever more DRY if you do this:
# in spec/rails_helper.rb
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
end
This will allow you do this in your spec: post = create(:post)
Regarding your PUT test, try this from a previous SO answer:
describe '#PUT update' do
let(:attr) do
{ :title => 'new title', :content => 'new content' }
end
context 'with success' do
before :each do
#post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
end
it 'assigns the post to #post' do
put :update, :id => #post.id, :post => attr
#post.reload
expect(assigns(:post)).to eq(post)
end
end
end
Edit:
Also, don't be afraid of moving things in to a before :each do if you need to. They are great at keeping things DRY
The immediate reason why your spec is failing is because you can only call on the controller once per test, and for update you're calling it twice: in the before-action, you are calling create... and then in the main part of the update test you are calling update... controller specs don't like that.
In order to get the existing spec working, you would need to replace the post :create, post: attributes_for(:post) line in the before-action with just creating a post or (as mentioned already) using factory girl to create a post - rather than trying to do it by calling the controller to do it.
Got stuck with:
' undefined method `post' for #<Class:0x000001058c0f68> (NoMethodError)'
on testing controller create action.
I'm using Rails 4, rpsec, and Factory Girl
Controller:
def create
#post = Post.new(post_params)
#post.user_id = current_user.id
if #post.save
flash[:success] = "Yay! Post created!"
redirect_to root_path
else
# flash[:error] = #post.errors.full_messages
render 'new'
end
end
Test:
describe '#create' do
post 'create', FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:post, user: #user)
response.should be_successful
end
I think post method is accessible inside it method block:
describe 'create' do
it 'should be successful' do
post :create, FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:post, user: #user)
response.should be_success
end
end
BTW I think you need to test for redirect, not success status.
Sorry for being off-topic but I just want to give you some advice.
Consider following best practices and use RSpec's expect syntax instead of should. Read more about why the should syntax is a bad idea here: http://myronmars.to/n/dev-blog/2012/06/rspecs-new-expectation-syntax
This is how I would rewrite your example:
describe 'create' do
it 'responds with 201' do
post :create, attributes_for(:post, user: #user)
expect(response.status).to eq(201)
end
end
In the example I'm using FactoryGirl's short syntax method attributes_for instead of FactoryGirl.attributes_for, it saves a few bytes. Here's how to make the short methods available (in spec/test_helper.rb):
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
end
I'm testing for the status code 201 which Rails will return by default for a successful create action (redirect should be 3xx).This makes the test more specific.
Hope it's any help for writing better specs.
The issue comes from the fact that post should be used inside an it statement. I usually test my controllers like this:
describe 'POST "create"' do
let(:user) { User.new }
let(:params) { FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:post, user: user) }
let(:action) { post :create, params }
let!(:post) { Post.new }
before do
Post.should_receive(:new).and_return(post)
end
context 'on success' do
before do
post.should_receive(:save).and_return(true)
end
it 'renders success' do
action
expect(response).to be_success
end
it 'redirects' do
action
expect(response).to be_redirected
end
it 'sets flash message' do
action
expect(flash[:success]).to_not be_empty
end
end
context 'on failure' do
before do
post.should_receive(:save).and_return(false)
end
it 'renders new' do
action
expect(response).to render_template(:new)
end
end
end
When a user im trying to unfollow doesn't exist I throw an exception that sets a flash error message and redirects the user back to the page they were on.
All the access to the twitter gem is handled by the TwitterManager class which is a regular ruby class that extend ActiveModel::Naming to enable the mock_model.
Now Im having a real hard time figuring out how this should be tested. The code below works but feels very wrong. The only way I could stub the twitter.unfollow method was with controller.send(:twitter).stub(:unfollow).and_raise(Twitter::Error::NotFound.new("", {}))
I tried using TwitterManager.any_instance.stub(:unfollow) but that did obviously not do what I thought it would do.
How can I make this better? What things have I totally misunderstood?
Spec
describe TwitterController do
before(:each) do
controller.stub(:twitter).and_return(mock_model("TwitterManager", unfollow: true, follow: true))
end
it "unfollows a user when given a nickname" do
#request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] = '/followers'
post 'unfollow', id: "existing_user"
response.should redirect_to followers_path
end
describe "POST 'unfollow'" do
it "does not unfollow a user that does not exist" do
controller.send(:twitter).stub(:unfollow).and_raise(Twitter::Error::NotFound.new("", {}))
#request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] = '/followers'
post 'unfollow', id: "non_existing_user"
flash[:error].should_not be_nil
flash[:error].should have_content("not found, could not unfollow")
response.should redirect_to followers_path
end
end
Controller
def unfollow
begin
twitter.unfollow(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to :back, notice: "Stopped following #{params[:id]}" }
end
rescue Twitter::Error::NotFound
redirect_to :back, :flash => { error: "User #{params[:id]} not found, could not unfollow user" }
end
end
[ more code ]
private
def twitter
twitter_service ||= TwitterFollower.new(current_user)
end
Rspec 2.8.0
Rails 3.2.0
You could clean it up a little by saving the mock TwitterManager as an instance variable in the before block and stubbing directly on that object:
describe TwitterController do
before(:each) do
#twitter = mock_model("TwitterManager", unfollow: true, follow: true)
controller.stub(:twitter).and_return(#twitter)
end
# ...
describe "POST 'unfollow'" do
it "does not unfollow a user that does not exist" do
#twitter.stub(:unfollow).and_raise(Twitter::Error::NotFound.new("", {}))
# ...
end
end
end
But I wouldn't say what you're doing is "very wrong" :-)
I'm having trouble understanding why I can't seem to stub this controller method :load_user, since all of my tests fail if I change the actual implementation of :load_user to not return and instance of #user.
Can anybody see why my stub (controller.stub!(:load_user).and_return(#user)) seems to fail to actually get called when RSpec makes a request to the controller?
require 'spec_helper'
describe TasksController do
before(:each) do
#user = Factory(:user)
sign_in #user
#task = Factory(:task)
User.stub_chain(:where, :first).and_return(#user)
controller.stub!(:load_user).and_return(#user)
end
#GET Index
describe "GET Index" do
before(:each) do
#tasks = 7.times{Factory(:task, :user => #user)}
#user.stub!(:tasks).and_return(#tasks)
end
it "should should find all of the tasks owned by a user" do
#user.should_receive(:tasks).and_return(#tasks)
get :index, :user_id => #user.id
end
it "should assign all of the user's tasks to the view" do
get :index, :user_id => #user.id
assigns[:tasks].should be(#tasks)
end
end
#GET New
describe "GET New" do
before(:each) do
#user.stub_chain(:tasks, :new).and_return(#task)
end
it "should return a new Task" do
#user.tasks.should_receive(:new).and_return(#task)
get :new, :user_id => #user.id
end
end
#POST Create
describe "POST Create" do
before(:each) do
#user.stub_chain(:tasks, :new).and_return(#task)
end
it "should create a new task" do
#user.tasks.should_receive(:new).and_return(#task)
post :create, :user_id => #user.id, :task => #task.to_s
end
it "saves the task" do
#task.should_receive(:save)
post :create, :user_id => #user.id, :task => #task
end
context "when the task is saved successfully" do
before(:each) do
#task.stub!(:save).and_return(true)
end
it "should set the flash[:notice] message to 'Task Added Successfully'"do
post :create, :user_id => #user.id, :task => #task
flash[:notice].should == "Task Added Successfully!"
end
it "should redirect to the user's task page" do
post :create, :user_id => #user.id, :task => #task
response.should redirect_to(user_tasks_path(#user.id))
end
end
context "when the task isn't saved successfully" do
before(:each) do
#task.stub(:save).and_return(false)
end
it "should return to the 'Create New Task' page do" do
post :create, :user_id => #user.id, :task => #task
response.should render_template('new')
end
end
end
it "should attempt to authenticate and load the user who owns the tasks" do
context "when the tasks belong to the currently logged in user" do
it "should set the user instance variable to the currently logged in user" do
pending
end
end
context "when the tasks belong to another user" do
it "should set the flash[:notice] to 'Sorry but you can't view other people's tasks.'" do
pending
end
it "should redirect to the home page" do
pending
end
end
end
end
class TasksController < ApplicationController
before_filter :load_user
def index
#tasks = #user.tasks
end
def new
#task = #user.tasks.new
end
def create
#task = #user.tasks.new
if #task.save
flash[:notice] = "Task Added Successfully!"
redirect_to user_tasks_path(#user.id)
else
render :action => 'new'
end
end
private
def load_user
if current_user.id == params[:user_id].to_i
#user = User.where(:id => params[:user_id]).first
else
flash[:notice] = "Sorry but you can't view other people's tasks."
redirect_to root_path
end
end
end
Can anybody see why my stub doesn't work? Like I said, my tests only pass if I make sure that load_user works, if not, all my tests fail which makes my think that RSpec isn't using the stub I created.
Stubbing out load_user breaks your tests because stubbing the method neuters it. When the controller calls load_user, it is no longer running your original code. It's now just returning whatever you specify in and_return(...) (which is getting returned to the ActionController callback stack, which ignores anything other than false).
Your controller code isn't using the return value of that method; it's using the variable instantiated within it. Since the original code for the load_user method isn't being run, the #user instance variable is never instantiated. (The #user variable in your tests is only visible to your tests.)
But with all the other stubs you have, I don't see any reason why you should need to stub out load_user at all. As long as you're stubbing current_user to return #user (which I assume is being done in the sign_in method), then there shouldn't be any need.
you can also try to verify that the stub works by doing an assertion like
controller.current_user.should == #user