You could skip passing it and do it directly. In your functional test, declare a setup method that gets run before everything else. Load fixutres and use Quentin (first fixture) and add his ID to the session directly.
fixtures :all def setup @request.session[:current_user] = users(:quentin).id end This saves lots of time testing the controllers because you're not passing sessions. For cases where you want to test that redirection to the login page works, just set it to nil. def test_should_go_to_the_login_page_when_not_logged_in @request.session[:current_user] = nil get :index assert_redirected_to new_session_path end Look at Shoulda, a nice library to help you with your testing. It lets you define "contexts" for your tests so you can set the session up before just a subset of your tests rather than all or nothing. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > If necessary debug into the logged_in? method in authenticated_system.rb to > check what is happening. That should call current_user then > login_from_session should pick up the user_id and log you in. > > 2009/1/20 John Small <[email protected]> >> >> Colin Law wrote: >> > I must admit I am having difficulty finding documentaion on this. I got >> > it >> > from section 13.3 (Functional Testing) of Agile Development With Rails >> > (Pragmatic Bookshelf) and it certainly works. >> > When you say it doesn't work was there an error or did the login >> > simulation >> > not work? >> > >> > 2009/1/20 John Small <[email protected]> >> >> OK, I see the reference. That's probably the only place it's ever >> written down, you either know it or you don't. It doesn't seem to be in >> the online docs. >> >> I'll fiddle with it to see if I can get it to work. You say you can so >> it must be possible. I'm not sure where the error is, I just see that I >> don't have a variable @current_user available in my views unless I go >> via login in integration. >> >> I'll be a while. I'm out till Thursday. Thanks all the same. >> >> John Small >> -- >> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
