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Gordon

2011-Oct-14 04:40 UTC

[rspec-users] How do we include support helpers in request specs?

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 :)

Justin Ko

2011-Oct-14 04:49 UTC

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[rspec-users] How do we include support helpers in request specs?

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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[rspec-users] How do we include support helpers in request specs?