Rails - Jul 2006 - How to write get functional test when there is no action by that name

I have following line in route.rb

 #event info for an event name
  map.connect ''event/:name_url'',:controller =>
''home'',:action   =>
''event_info''

It causes a URL like http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ to be
sent to the home controller with action as ''event_info''.

I am trying to test this action. My first gut was to write something like

  def test_event_info
    get :event_info
    assert_response :success
  end

But this doesn''t work.

Does anyone have any idea how to creat a get request whicn transaltes into
"
http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ ".

I am stuck because of this and can''t proceed with my testing.

I even tried

 def test_event_info
    get "http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_"
    assert_response :success
  end

But that doesn''t work either.
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This works.

  def test_event_info
    opts = {:controller => "event", :action =>
"_jewels_exhibition_"}
    assert_generates "event/_jewels_exhibition_", opts
  end

But the question remains how do I send a get request so that I could test
the other things like instance variables ?

On 7/5/06, Neeraj Kumar <neeraj.jsr@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I have following line in route.rb
>
>  #event info for an event name
>   map.connect ''event/:name_url'',:controller =>
''home'',:action   =>
> ''event_info''
>
> It causes a URL like http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ to be
> sent to the home controller with action as ''event_info''.
>
> I am trying to test this action. My first gut was to write something like
>
>   def test_event_info
>     get :event_info
>     assert_response :success
>   end
>
> But this doesn''t work.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to creat a get request whicn transaltes into
> " http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ ".
>
> I am stuck because of this and can''t proceed with my testing.
>
> I even tried
>
>  def test_event_info
>     get " http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_"
>     assert_response :success
>   end
>
> But that doesn''t work either.
>
>
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It depends what you want to test. If you want to test the lines of code
between the def and end of your event_info method, then synthesize a url and
use the get method on it, bypassing the route. If you really want to push
through the routes, then read up on integration testing, as it might be more
fruitful.

Here?s a great article about testing:

http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/28

However, look over integration testing. It seems like the most likely
direction for what you want:

http://jamis.jamisbuck.org/articles/2006/03/09/integration-testing-in-rails-
1-1

HTH


On 7/4/06 9:12 PM, "Neeraj Kumar" <neeraj.jsr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have following line in route.rb
> 
>  #event info for an event name
>   map.connect ''event/:name_url'',:controller =>
''home'',:action   =>
> ''event_info''
> 
> It causes a URL like http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ to be
> sent to the home controller with action as ''event_info''.
> 
> I am trying to test this action. My first gut was to write something like
> 
>   def test_event_info
>     get :event_info
>     assert_response :success
>   end
> 
> But this doesn''t work.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea how to creat a get request whicn transaltes into
"
> http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_
> <http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_>  ".
> 
> I am stuck because of this and can''t proceed with my testing.
> 
> I even tried
> 
>  def test_event_info
>     get " http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_
> <http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_> "
>     assert_response :success
>   end
> 
> But that doesn''t work either.
> 
> 
> 
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