On Sep 16, 2011, at 12:33 PM, mattf wrote: > Hey there, > > I am needing to stub a 'current_user' method in an Rspec/capybara > request spec. The method is defined in ApplicationController and is > using helper_method. The method should simply return a user id. > > Alternatively, I could fix my problem by setting 'session[:user_id]' > in the spec (which is what 'current_user' returns)... but that doesn't > seem to work either. > > Are either of these possible? Thanks!!! > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
Capybara was designed to force the dev to build true request specs. Meaning, you cannot tamper with cookies, request headers, etc. directly. You have to go through the app - clicking links, visiting paths, etc. So, you're going to have to go to the authentication page and login before hitting the pages you actually want to test. _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
