ActionMailer::Base.deliveries always empty in Rspec - ruby-on-rails

I'm trying to test some mailers with rspec but deliveries are always empty. Here is my rspec test:
require "spec_helper"
describe "AccountMailer", :type => :helper do
before(:each) do
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :test
ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries = []
end
it "should send welcome email to account email" do
account = FactoryGirl.create :account
account.send_welcome_email
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.empty?.should be_false
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last.to.should == account.email
end
end
It fails with:
1) AccountMailer should send welcome email to account email
Failure/Error: ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.empty?.should be_false
expected true to be false
My send_welcome_email function looks like this ( that's my model ):
def send_welcome_email
AccountMailer.welcome self
end
And my mailer:
class AccountMailer < ActionMailer::Base
default from: APP_CONFIG['email']['from']
def welcome data
if data.locale == 'es'
template = 'welcome-es'
else
template = 'welcome-en'
end
mail(:to => data.email, :subject => I18n.t('welcome_email_subject'), :template_name => template)
end
end
Any ideas? I'm not sure about how to proceed.

Have you tested that it's working when you're actually running the app? Perhaps your test is correct to be failing.
I noticed that you're never calling deliver when you create the mail, so I suspect that the test is failing because email is, in fact, not getting sent. I would expect your send_welcome_email method to look more like
def send_welcome_email
AccountMailer.welcome(self).deliver
end

Related

Best way to test a mailer with arguments

I have a mailer that passes an argument like so:
AnimalMailer.daily_message(owner).deliver_later
The method looks like this:
AnimalMailer
class AnimalMailer < ApplicationMailer
def daily_message(owner)
mail(
to: "#{user.name}",
subject: "test",
content_type: "text/html",
date: Time.now.in_time_zone("Mountain Time (US & Canada)")
)
end
end
I'm new to writing specs and was wondering how should I pass the owner to the method and test it. I currently have this set up:
require "rails_helper"
RSpec.describe AnimalMailer, type: :mailer do
describe "monthly_animal_message" do
let(:user) { create(:user, :admin) }
it "renders the headers" do
expect(mail.subject).to eq("test")
expect(mail.to).to eq(user.name)
end
end
end
Specs generally follow a three-step flow 1) set up, 2) invoke, 3) expect. This applies for unit testing mailers like anything else. The invocation and parameters are the same in the test as for general use, so in your case:
RSpec.describe AnimalMailer, type: :mailer do
describe "monthly_campaign_report" do
let(:user) { create(:user, :admin) }
let(:mail) { described_class.daily_message(user) } # invocation
it 'renders the headers' do
expect(mail.subject).to eq('test')
expect(mail.to).to eq(user.name)
end
it 'renders the body' do
# whatever
end
end
end
Note that since the describe is the class name being tested, you can use described_class from there to refer back to the described class. You can always use AnimalMailer.daily_message as well, but among other things described_class ensures that if you shuffle or share examples that you are always testing what you think you are.
Also note that in the case of unit testing a mailer, you're mostly focused on the correct generation of the content. Testing of successful delivery or use in jobs, controllers, etc., would be done as part of request or feature tests.
Before testing it, make sure the config / environment / test.rb file is set to:
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
This ensures that emails are not actually sent, but are stored in the ActionMailer :: Base.deliveries array.
Following Four-Phase Test :
animal_mailer.rb
class AnimalMailer < ApplicationMailer
default from: 'noreply#animal_mailer.com'
def daily_message(owner)
#name = owner.name
mail(
to: owner.email,
subject: "test",
content_type: "text/html",
date: Time.now.in_time_zone("Mountain Time (US & Canada)")
)
end
end
animal_mailer_spec.rb
RSpec.describe AnimalMailer, type: :mailer do
describe 'instructions' do
let(:user) { create(:user, :admin) }
let(:mail) { described_class.daily_message(user).deliver_now }
it 'renders the subject' do
expect(mail.subject).to eq("test")
end
it 'renders the receiver email' do
expect(mail.to).to eq([user.email])
end
it 'renders the sender email' do
expect(mail.from).to eq(['noreply#animal_mailer.com'])
end
it 'assigns #name' do
expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(user.name)
end
end
end
if you have a model user:
class User
def send_instructions
AnimalMailer.instructions(self).deliver_now
end
end
RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
subject { create :user }
it 'sends an email' do
expect { subject.send_instructions }
.to change { ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count }.by(1)
end
end

Can not test mailer action called in rspec rails

In mailer of rails, as I know all method will be class method.
But I can not test my mailer method called:
user_mailer_spec.rb:
it "should call send_notifition method" do
#user = FactoryGirl.build(:user)
notify_email = double(:send_notifition)
expect(UsersMailer.new).to receive(:notify_email).with(#user)
#user.save
end
user_mailer.rb:
def notify(user)
mail to: user.email, subject: "Example"
end
user.rb:
after_commit :send_notifition
private
def send_notifition
UsersMailer.notify(self)
end
The above codes will not pass but when I change notifition to self.notifition, it pass:
def self.notify(user)
mail to: user.email, subject: "Example"
end
First of all, I'd like to point you to an awesome gem for testing emails: https://github.com/email-spec/email-spec.
I think the problem is that you're asserting on UsersMailer.new, thus putting a mock on a different instance than the one then being instantiated by the User model. I generally test emails like this without any issues:
it "should call send_notifition method" do
#user = FactoryGirl.build(:user)
mail = double(:mail)
expect(UsersMailer).to receive(:notify_email).with(#user).and_return(mail)
expect(mail).to receive(:deliver_later) # or deliver_now, if you don't use a background queue
#user.save
end
Note how I'm doing expect(UsersMailer) instead of expect(UsersMailer.new) and also take not that I'm asserting that the email is actually delivered (I think a deliver statement is missing in your code).
Hope that helps.
Solved:
Thank you #Clemens Kofler for supporting.
I have many mistaking in my code:
First: No need to install gem "email_spec", and change user.rb file
from
after_commit :send_notifition
private
def send_notifition
UsersMailer.notify(self)
end
to
after_commit :send_notifition
private
def send_notifition
UsersMailer.notify(self).deliver
end
Second: Change user_mailer_spec.rb file
from
it "should call send_notifition method" do
#user = FactoryGirl.build(:user)
expect(#user).to receive(:send_notifition)
notify_email = double(:send_notifition)
expect(UsersMailer.new).to receive(:notify_email).with(#user)
#user.save
end
to
it "should call send_notifition_mail_if_created_new_hospital method" do
#user = FactoryGirl.build(:user)
# I don't know why "expect(#user).to receive(:send_notifition)" not passed here
mail = double(:mail)
expect(UsersMailer).to receive(:notify_email).with(#user).and_return(mail)
allow(mail).to receive(:deliver)
#user.save
end
Finally: config mailer in config/environments/test.rb for test environment can use mailer (because spec run in test env)

Rspec - Testing method received call inside another method

In my Rails application I am testing a instance method that sends a SMS message out. It looks like this:
group.rb
def send_notifications
twilio_sms = Twilio::REST::Client.new('mykey', 'mykey')
begin
twilio_sms.account.messages.create(
from: "+188888888",
to: "+1#{phone_number}",
body: "Message from Company: New item uploaded to group"
)
rescue
puts 'Invalid number'
end
end
I'm having trouble figuring out how to test the twilio_sms.account.messages.create part.
My spec looks something like this so far:
group_spec.rb
describe Group do
context 'instance methods' do
describe '.send_notifictions' do
it 'calls the create method on the twilio messages object' do
twilio_messages = instance_double("Twilio::REST::Messages")
expect(twilio_messages).to receive(:create)
group = create(:group_with_notifications)
group.send_notifications
end
end
end
end
This obviously isn't working or I wouldn't be asking this question. What is the proper way to test that the create message was sent properly? Or am I approaching this the wrong way? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Try this
describe Group do
describe 'instance methods' do
describe '.send_notifictions' do
it 'creates a new message' do
twilio_sms = double(:twilio_sms)
twilio_messages = double(:twilio_messages)
expect(Twilio::REST::Client).to receive(:new).with('mykey', 'mykey').and_return(twilio_sms)
expect(twilio_sms).to receive(:account).and_return(twilio_messages)
expect(twilio_messages).to receive(:messages).and_return(twilio_messages)
expect(twilio_messages).to receive(:create).with({:from => "+188888888", :to => "+15555555", :body => "Message from Company: New item uploaded to group"}).and_return(true)
group = Group.create(some_attributes: 'foo')
group.send_notifications
end
end
end
end

Reset Password testing with Rspec

i am using rails and want to write a test for password reset in Rspec. i am quite new to testing.
this is what i have done so far:
require 'rails_helper'
describe UsersController, type: :controller do
describe 'post #reset_password' do
let(:user) { create(:user) }
context "reset password" do
def do_request
patch :update_password
end
before { do_request }
it { expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count(1) }
end
end
end
every time i run this it gives ma an syntax error in
"it { expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count(1) } ".
i want to check whether the email successfully sent of not and if the user have key in the email.
Thanks!
1) you miss ) at last here so got syntax error
it { expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count(1) }
to
it { expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count(1)) }
2)
If you want to check total deliveries. you can try
it 'should send an email' do
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.count.should == 1
end
also check sender
it 'renders the sender email' do
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first.from.should == ['notifications#domain.com']
end
Also check subject line
it 'should set the subject to the correct subject' do
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.first.subject.should == 'Here Is Your Story!'
end
The problems you're having will most likely be fixed by writing better tests.
Here's generally how you would write tests for something like this.
Lets suppose in your routes file you have a post route that looks something like this
# config/routes.rb
post "/user/:id/reset_password", to: "users#reset_password"
And your User controller looks something like this
# app/controllers/users_controller.rb
class UsersController
...
def reset_password
user = User.find(params[:id])
user.reset_password!
SomeMailClass.email_reset_instructions(user)
end
end
and your User.rb model looks something like this
# app/models/user.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
def reset_password!
update!(password: nil) # or whatever way you want/need to reset the password
end
end
and you have some type of mailing class to send your email
# app/models/some_mail_class.rb
class SomeMailClass
def self.email_reset_instructions(user)
# do something to send email...
end
end
The way you would go about testing this in the controller would be
# spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
require 'rails_helper'
describe UsersController, type: :controller do
it "#reset_password" do
user_id = double(:user_id)
user = double(:user)
expect(User).to receive(:find).with(user_id).and_return(user)
expect(user).to receive(:reset_password!).and_return(true)
expect(SomeMailClass).to receive(:email_reset_instructions).with(user)
post :reset_password, id: user_id
end
end
But you shouldn't stop there. Because the implementation of the newly made method reset_password! and the SomeMailClass has yet to be tested. So you would write model/unit tests like this for them
# spec/models/user_spec.rb
require "rails_helper"
describe User do
it ".reset_password!" do
user = User.create(password: "foo")
expect(user.password).to eq "foo"
user.reset_password!
expect(user.password).to eq nil
end
end
Then you might install vcr and factory_girl gems and use them like so to test your mailer
# spec/models/some_mail_class_spec.rb
require "rails_helper"
describe SomeMailClass do
VCR.use_cassette "email_reset_instructions" do |cassette|
it ".email_reset_instructions" do
user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
SomeMailClass.email_reset_instructions(user)
# you can write some expectations on the cassette obj to test.
# or you can write whatever expectations you need/desire
end
end
end
And in the end if there was something happening on the front end that a user would click that made this post request you would write a feature test for it as well.
Hope this helps!

ActionMailer::Base.deliveries always empty in RSpec model test in Rails 4

I have the following failing test:
describe Image do
describe 'a_method' do
it 'sends email' do
Image.count.should == 1
expect do
ImageMailer.deleted_image(Image.last.id).deliver
end.to change(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries, :length)
end
end
end
And here's my mailer:
class ImageMailer < ActionMailer::Base
layout 'email'
default from: 'whee#example.com'
def deleted_image image_id, recipient='whee#example.com'
#image = Image.find(image_id)
subject = "Image email"
mail(to: recipient, subject: subject) do |format|
format.text
format.html { render layout: 'email' }
end
end
end
My test fails with Failure/Error: expect do length should have changed, but is still 0. I have another test for my mailer itself and it passes:
describe ImageMailer do
it 'should deliver the mail' do
expect do
subject.deliver
end.to change { ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.length }.by(1)
end
end
I don't know why ActionMailer::Base.deliveries is always empty in my model spec but not in my mailer spec. The mail obviously works. My model test was originally different, testing whether a method on my model caused an email to be sent, but when that failed to generate a mail delivery, I explicitly tried the ImageMailer.deleted_image(Image.last.id).deliver line and it didn't work. Is there something special about RSpec tests where the object being described is a mailer class?
Here are some relevant lines from my config/environments/test.rb file:
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = {host: 'localhost:3000'}
config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
A combination of should_receive with and_return got my test to pass:
it 'send email for an image not in Amazon that is in our table' do
mailer = double
mailer.should_receive(:deliver)
ImageMailer.should_receive(:deleted_image).and_return(mailer)
ImageMailer.deleted_image(Image.last.id).deliver
end
And when I comment out ImageMailer.deleted_image(Image.last.id).deliver, the test fails as expected. From this, I was able to replace ImageMailer.deleted_image(Image.last.id).deliver with my actual test where I check that calling a method on my model causes an email to be sent.

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