rspec users - Apr 2010 - Passing get request parameters in an rspec test

Hello

Please forgive my noobness to rspec.  I have a controller method that
inspects the params[:id] object and renders a view that depends on the
existence of that :id.

I want to ensure that the view is rendered in the controller rspec test.
The rspec code is:

  describe "GET ''enrollments''" do
    it "should be successful" do
      get ''enrollments''
      response.should be_success
    end
  end

The ''enrollments'' controller method inspects the params
object, pulls out
the :id and uses it in a few queries to populate a couple of instance
variables.

My question is "How do I pass in the params[:id] parameter to the get
''enrollments'' line?"

Thanks in advance

Matt
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On 2010-04-02 12:16 PM, Matt Kolenda wrote:
> Hello
>
> Please forgive my noobness to rspec.
We''re all noobs at some point in regard to something. No forgiveness 
necessary. :)
>   I have a controller method that inspects the params[:id] object and 
> renders a view that depends on the existence of that :id.
>
> I want to ensure that the view is rendered in the controller rspec 
> test.  The rspec code is:
>
>   describe "GET ''enrollments''" do
>     it "should be successful" do
>       get ''enrollments''
>       response.should be_success
>     end
>   end
>
> The ''enrollments'' controller method inspects the params
object, pulls
> out the :id and uses it in a few queries to populate a couple of 
> instance variables.
>
> My question is "How do I pass in the params[:id] parameter to the get 
> ''enrollments'' line?"
>
get ''enrollments'', {:id => ''1'')

One thing I''ve learned is to pay attention to the data type you use in 
the params hash when you use get|post|put|delete. The params hash in a 
real application is filled with strings, so yours should be
too.
> Thanks in advance
>
> Matt
Peace,
Phillip

> get ''enrollments'', {:id => ''1'')
And, of course, that should be a curly at the end!

get ''enrollments'', {:id => ''1''}

Phillip

Phillip - Yes, that worked,  thanks a million!

Matt

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Phillip Koebbe <phillipkoebbe at
gmail.com>wrote:
>
>  get ''enrollments'', {:id => ''1'')
>>
>
> And, of course, that should be a curly at the end!
>
> get ''enrollments'', {:id => ''1''}
>
>
> Phillip
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