Hi, all :)
I have some working support helpers defined in spec/support/
controller_macros.rb.
I'm running "rake spec" before a 'git commit' and observed that the
spec request for my 'brands' controller,
spec/requests/brands_spec.rb fails because a support helper method I
defined in spec/support/controller_macros.rb is not
recognised.
I got the following error:
----------------- Error extract: start ---------------------------
spec/requests/brands_spec.rb:4:in `block in <top (required)>':
undefined local variable or method `login_admin_user' for #<Class:
0x00000103bdf9a8> (NameError)
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:142:in `module_eval'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:142:in `subclass'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:129:in `describe'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/dsl.rb:5:in `describe'
from /Users/anexiole/projects/try_rails/spec/requests/brands_spec.rb:
3:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `block in load'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:227:in `load_dependency'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/
active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `block in load_spec_files'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `map'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `load_spec_files'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in `run'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in `run_in_process'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:69:in `run'
from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:11:in `block in autorun'
rake aborted!
----------------- Error extract: end ---------------------------
I noticed that in the stack, the helper file, spec/support/
controller_macros.rb was never called.
My model, view and controller specs all pass.
This is what my spec/spec_helper.rb file looks like:
---------- spec/spec_helper.rb start -------------------
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'webrat'
# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
RSpec.configure do |config|
# == Mock Framework
#
# If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the
appropriate line:
#
# config.mock_with :mocha
# config.mock_with :flexmock
# config.mock_with :rr
#: config.mock_with :rspec
config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
config.extend ControllerMacros, :type => :controller
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
end
config.before(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.start
end
config.after(:each) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean
end
# # Rspec 2-https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
# config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
# Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord
fixtures
# config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
# If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each
of your
# examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign
false
# instead of true.
# config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
end
---------- spec/spec_helper.rb end -------------------
This is what the failing request spec, spec/request/brands_spec.rb
looks like. As this resource will not be available to non-admin users,
it will redirect non-admin users to the root url. To have this spec
passing, I am calling the method, login_admin_user which uses factory
girl to create an admin user object (and sign in). This works without
any problems in the controller specs, spec/controller,
brands_controller_spec.rb. Strangely, it fails to work here regardless
of where I put the call to login_admin_user right after 'describe
"Brands" do' or ' describe "GET /brands" do'.
------------ spec/request/brands_spec.rb start ------------------
require 'spec_helper'
describe "Brands" do
login_admin_user
describe "GET /brands" do
it "works! (now write some real specs)" do
get brands_path
response.status.should be(200)
end
end
end
------------ spec/request/brands_spec.rb end ------------------
Can someone please show me how do I ensure that helper methods defined
in spec/support get called in spec/request specs?
thank you :)
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