You are my last resort for solving this issue as I have tried and tried to solve it myself but can't.
I'm not even sure if it's an RSpec issue but the thing is, if I run the request from the browser, it works. Sadly, my test fails. So either there's something about Rails I don't know about (but should) or I'm doing something wrong in RSpec. Here is my test .... let(:charity) { mock_model(Charity).as_null_object } ... context "params[:term] has data" do it "calls Charity::fulltext_search" do Charity.should_receive(:fulltext_search).with(String).and_return([charity]) xhr :get, :autocomplete_index, :term => String, :format => :json end end And this is my controller .... def autocomplete_index @charities = (params[:term].blank?) ? [] : Charity.fulltext_search(params[:term]) render :json => @charities ##.to_json(:only => [:name, :official_website]) end As I said, this works from the browser but I get into a 'stack level too deep' with RSpec. I looked in to gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_view/paths.rb and it's responsible for finding the template. It raises MissingTemplate.new(self, original_template_path, format) and I printed the original_template_path (charities/) and the format (json) If anyone can me in the right direction, I would be v grateful. Thank you. -ants This is a snippet of the output (the bit between [[ ]] is repeated until the program quits with the 'stack level too deep' message. [[ gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `each' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `map' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:79:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `__send__' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/object.rb:4:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:79:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `__send__' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:38:in `to_json' *gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_view/paths.rb:74:in `map'* ]] gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `each' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `map' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:37:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:79:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `__send__' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/object.rb:4:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:79:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `__send__' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb:11:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb:11:in `map' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb:11:in `to_json' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:79:in `encode' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `__send__' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:18:in `encode' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/base.rb:954:in `render_without_benchmark' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render' */home/anthony/Development/websites/ruby/project/trunk/app/controllers/charities_controller.rb:23:in `autocomplete_index'* gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1331:in `send' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1331:in `perform_action_without_filters' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call_filters' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms' gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:160:in `perform_action_without_flash' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/flash.rb:151:in `perform_action' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/base.rb:532:in `send' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/base.rb:532:in `process_without_filters' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:606:in `process' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:567:in `process_with_test' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:447:in `process' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:398:in `get' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:453:in `__send__' gems/actionpack-2.3.8/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:453:in `xhr'
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