Jarkko Laine wrote: > > On 13.2.2008, at 5.12, Wes Shaddix wrote: > >> I have a GroupController class that inherits from a SecuredController >> which have a before filter (before_filter :login_required). This is >> using the restul authentication system. I want to mock out the >> login_required method so that my GroupController actions don't get >> redirected to /sessions/new but I cant figure it out. Here is what I >> have so far that doesn't work. Any help would be most appreciated. >> >> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' >> >> describe GroupsController do >> >> before(:each) do >> >> # mock and stub the Group model methods >> @group = mock_model(Group) >> Group.stub!(:search_with_paginate).and_return(@group) >> >> >> >> # since this is a secured controller, we have to mock the security >> system too >> >> @current_user = mock_model(User, :id => 1) >> >> self.stub!(:login_required).and_return(:false) >> >> self.stub!(:current_user).and_return(@current_user) >> >> end >> >> >> >> def do_get >> >> get :index >> >> end >> >> >> >> it "should be successful" do >> >> assigns[:page] = 1 >> >> assigns[:search] = "" >> >> do_get >> >> puts response.headers >> >> response.should be_success >> >> end >> >> end >> >> The error I get is >> NoMethodError in 'GroupsController should be successful' >> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! >> You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. >> The error occurred while evaluating nil.[]= > > What do you expect the assigns[:... lines to do? If you mean to use > them as url parameters, you have to pass them to the get method > (through do_get in this case). assigns is a hash that contains all the > instance variables set in the controllers. So if you say "@foo = > "bar"" in your controller action, you can spec it in a controller view > like this: assigns[:foo].should == "bar". However, afaik you're not > supposed to write into that hash in your controller specs. On the > other hand, in the view specs you *do* need a way to set instance > variables available in the views, and there you can use the assigns > for that. So in a view spec corresponding to my previous example, you > would want the instance variable @foo to be there so you would say > "assigns[:foo] = 'bar'" in your before block. > > That said, I'm not a fan of stubbing the login_required method. > Instead, I have created a login_as method in my spec_helper that I use > whenever I want to spec something to happen when a logged in user does > something (note that I also use the acl_system2 plugin for roles): > > def login_as(role) > @role = mock_model(Role, :title => role.to_s) > @current_user = mock_user({:roles => [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > [:admin, :organizer, :client, :teacher].each do |r| > @current_user.stub!(:has_role?).with(r).and_return(role == r ? > true : false) > end > > if defined?(controller) > controller.send :current_user=, @current_user > else > template.stub!(:logged_in?).and_return(true) > template.stub!(:current_user).and_return(@current_user) > end > end > end > > This is a bit simplified but it works for me pretty well with > restful_authentication. Normally you would say something like > "login_as(:admin)" in a before block in controller and view specs. > > //jarkko > > -- > Jarkko Laine > http://jlaine.net > http://dotherightthing.com > http://www.railsecommerce.com > http://odesign.fi > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users So, if I update my code to the following, I still get an exception, although it is a different one. I really wish I understood how to determine the actual call chain that is going on ... what object is nil in this case (see error message below the code)?
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' describe GroupsController do before(:each) do # mock and stub the Group model methods @group = mock_model(Group) Group.stub!(:search_with_paginate).and_return(@group) # since this is a secured controller, we have to mock the security system too @current_user = mock_model(User, :id => 1) controller.stub!(:login_required).and_return(:true) controller.stub!(:current_user).and_return(@current_user) end def do_get get :index end it "should be successful" do do_get puts response.headers response.should be_success end end Exception : RuntimeError in 'GroupsController should be successful' Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users