On Nov 10, 2007 11:25 PM, Leslie Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To follow up on this a little more, I created a new project, froze
> rails to edge (REVISION_8125), and installed rspec/rspec on rails
> from trunk. Then I generated an rspec_model for Asset with the
> following spec:
>
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
>
> describe Asset do
> before(:each) do
> @asset = Asset.new
> end
>
> it "should be valid" do
> @asset.should be_valid
> end
>
> it "should allow me to use fixture_file_upload" do
> @asset.attributes = {:uploaded_data => fixture_file_upload
> ('images/florence.jpg', 'image/jpeg')}
> end
> end
>
> I created an images directory in my spec/fixtures dir and added
> florence.jpg to it. Then, when I run rake spec I get this error:
>
> NoMethodError in 'Asset should allow me to use fixture_file_upload'
I am not familiar w/ fixture_file_upload myself. Is there anyone else
on this list who is who can help Les debug this situation?
Thanks,
David
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> You might have expected an instance of Array.
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.+
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/
> action_controller/test_process.rb:480:in `fixture_file_upload'
> ./spec/models/asset_spec.rb:13:
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_group_methods.rb:40:in `instance_eval'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_group_methods.rb:40:in `run_example'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_runner.rb:63:in `run_example'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_runner.rb:24:in `run'
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:48:in `timeout'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_runner.rb:22:in `run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_suite.rb:26:in `rspec_run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_suite.rb:22:in `each'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/dsl/
> example_suite.rb:22:in `rspec_run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/test/
> unit/example_suite.rb:7:in `run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/
> behaviour_runner.rb:22:in `run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/
> behaviour_runner.rb:21:in `each'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/
> behaviour_runner.rb:21:in `run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/
> options.rb:80:in `run_examples'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/
> command_line.rb:19:in `run'
> /Users/leslief/Sites/tmp/testapp/vendor/plugins/rspec/bin/spec:3:
>
> line 13 of asset_spec.rb is @asset.attributes = {:uploaded_data =>
> fixture_file_upload('images/florence.jpg', 'image/jpeg')}
>
> the offending line in test_process.rb is:
> Test::Unit::TestCase.respond_to?(:fixture_path) ?
> Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path + path : path, mime_type, binary
>
> From the full function:
> def fixture_file_upload(path, mime_type = nil, binary = false)
> ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(
> Test::Unit::TestCase.respond_to?(:fixture_path) ?
> Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path + path : path,
> mime_type,
> binary
> )
> end
>
> so it seems like Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path is returning nil.
> I tried to do a little digging to find where this should be getting
> set, but quickly got way out to sea.
>
> My spec_helper does have this line:
> config.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + '/spec/fixtures/'
>
> which seems right. I am hoping someone that knows more about the
> inner gears of rspec has some insight as to why
> Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path is nil.
>
> Thanks,
> Les
>
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Leslie Freeman wrote:
>
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2007, at 5:09 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> >
> >> On Nov 8, 2007 11:25 PM, Leslie Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> I had some specs that were using fixture_file_upload that were
> >>> passing just fine. Then I froze edge rails to get some 2.0
> >>> functionality, then a I upgraded to trunk rspec to deal with
> >>>
> >>> uninitialized constant ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptMacrosHelper
> >>>
> >>> After a couple other of tribulations, I have now gotten down to just
> >>> a couple of not passing specs, all using the fixture_file_upload.
> >>> Here's an example
> >>>
> >>> it "should be invalid if uploaded file is not an image" do
> >>> @image.attributes = valid_image_attributes.merge
> >>> ({:uploaded_data
> >>> => fixture_file_upload('/textfile.txt',
> >>>
> >>> 'text/plain')})
> >>> @image.should_not be_valid
> >>> # content_type: is not included in the list
> >>> @image.should have(1).error_on(:content_type)
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> which fails with:
> >>> 2)
> >>> NoMethodError in 'Image unsaved should be invalid if uploaded
> >>> file is
> >>> not an image'
> >>> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> >>> You might have expected an instance of Array.
> >>> The error occurred while evaluating nil.+
> >>> ./spec/models/image_spec.rb:25:
> >>
> >> What's on line 25?
> >
> > Sorry about that confusion. Line 25 is:
> >
> > @image.attributes = valid_image_attributes.merge({:uploaded_data =>
> > fixture_file_upload('/textfile.txt',text/plain')})
> >
> > (textfile.txt is located in my /spec/fixtures/ dir.)
> >
> > That line doesn't throw the error if I change it to something like:
> > @image.attributes = valid_image_attributes.merge({:uploaded_data =>
> > "foo"})
> >
> > But of course the spec fails. :)
> >
> > Leslie
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> A less than helpful error message. Any insight into what might be
> >>> causing this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Les
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