On Oct 13, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Gordon wrote:
> 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
:type => :controller will only include it in controller specs. If you want to
include them in requests, you need to add this:
config.extend ControllerMacros, :type => :requests
>
> 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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