rspec users - Apr 2008 - Is testing output within content_for possible?

I wanted to test that the links below were being rendered in the views.

- content_for :sidebar do
  %ul.links
    %li= edit_link edit_admin_contact_url(@contact), "Contact"


# view test
    it "should have the correct side bar links" do
      do_render
      response.should have_tag("ul.links") do
        with_tag("a[href=?]", edit_admin_account_url(accounts(:test)))
      end
    end

The above doesn''t work.  Just to make sure my tests weren''t
the issue I
removed the content_for block and the tests then passed.

Is there something extra that has to be done to get the content_for
contents to be rendered?

Thanks for the help.
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Chris Olsen wrote:
> I wanted to test that the links below were being rendered in the views.
>
> - content_for :sidebar do
>   %ul.links
>     %li= edit_link edit_admin_contact_url(@contact), "Contact"
>
>
> # view test
>     it "should have the correct side bar links" do
>       do_render
>       response.should have_tag("ul.links") do
>         with_tag("a[href=?]",
edit_admin_account_url(accounts(:test)))
>       end
>     end
>
> The above doesn''t work.  Just to make sure my tests
weren''t the issue I
> removed the content_for block and the tests then passed.
>
> Is there something extra that has to be done to get the content_for
> contents to be rendered?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>   
Hey Chris,
AFAIK you can''t test content_for''s in the view specs.  Someone
may want
to correct me on that.

I usually test content_for stuff in my stories.  If your not using 
stories then you could try integrating the views on certain controller 
specs and testing it there.

Not the answer you were probably looking for, but I hope that helps.

-Ben

This might be of some use:

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2007-June/001954.html

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Ben Mabey <ben at benmabey.com> wrote:
> Chris Olsen wrote:
> > I wanted to test that the links below were being rendered in the
views.
> >
> > - content_for :sidebar do
> >   %ul.links
> >     %li= edit_link edit_admin_contact_url(@contact),
"Contact"
> >
> >
> > # view test
> >     it "should have the correct side bar links" do
> >       do_render
> >       response.should have_tag("ul.links") do
> >         with_tag("a[href=?]",
edit_admin_account_url(accounts(:test)))
> >       end
> >     end
> >
> > The above doesn''t work.  Just to make sure my tests
weren''t the issue I
> > removed the content_for block and the tests then passed.
> >
> > Is there something extra that has to be done to get the content_for
> > contents to be rendered?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
>
> Hey Chris,
> AFAIK you can''t test content_for''s in the view specs. 
Someone may want
> to correct me on that.
>
> I usually test content_for stuff in my stories.  If your not using
> stories then you could try integrating the views on certain controller
> specs and testing it there.
>
> Not the answer you were probably looking for, but I hope that helps.
>
> -Ben
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Bryan Ray wrote:
> This might be of some use:
> 
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2007-June/001954.html
> 
That should do it!

Thanks Bryan
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You can also render a testing layout which yields the content.
IE: render "foo", :layout => "testing"

In layouts/testing.html.erb:

   <%= yield :sidebar %>


Zach


On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Chris Olsen <lists at ruby-forum.com>
wrote:
> Bryan Ray wrote:
> > This might be of some use:
> >
> > http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2007-June/001954.html
> >
>
> That should do it!
>
> Thanks Bryan
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