Rails - Jun 2006 - Problems getting past authentication using functional tests

Hi,

I''m having a problem getting past the authentication mechanism in rails
using my controller functional tests.

my functional tests look like this

  def test_4
        $stdout.puts ''TEST 4: cookies is '' + cookies.to_s
   # :user => {:id => users(:testuser).id}
    cookies[:user_id] = ''2222''
    $stdout.puts ''1. cookies is '' + cookies.to_s
    get ''login/login_uid'', :id => ''2222''
    $stdout.puts ''2. cookies is '' + cookies.to_s
    assert_redirected_to :controller => "admin", :action =>
"home"
#    $stderr.puts @response.to_s
  end

and i expect the login controller to redirect me to "/admin/home"
after
i have successfully logged in, but i keep getting a redirect back to the 
login controller, "/login", and i cant figure out what i''m
doing wrong.
my only guess is that i''m not successfully putting the user id in the 
cookies. can someone take a look and give me their opinion ? it would be 
really appreciated.

here is the first few lines of my admin controller
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class AdminController < ApplicationController
  include DbHelper
  before_filter :authorize, :except => [ :index, :init ]
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and here is the code for my login controller

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class LoginController < ApplicationController
  include DbHelper

  # note: no filter, all methods can be accessed

  def index
    # get the uid for the template
    #@user_id = get_uid

    render :template => ''login/login''
  end

  def finger_uid
    $stderr.puts "in ''fingeruid''"

    # get the uid
    @ppid = params[:id]

    # get the uid; check with the db
    begin
      user = get_user_from_ppid @ppid
      #user = User.find( @user_id )
      @msg = "Existing user - " + user.nick_name + ""
    rescue Exception
      # todo: determine if the exception was thrown
      # because the database is not running
      @msg = "New user"
    end

    render :partial => "finger_uid"

    $stderr.puts "out ''fingeruid''"
  end

  def login_uid
    # get the uid
    @ppid = params[:id]

    # check the uid
    begin
      user = get_user_from_ppid @ppid
      $stderr.puts ''should have thrown an exception''
    rescue Exception
      user = User.new;
      user.id_prod_peer = @ppid;
      user.save!;
      user.reload;
    end

    if user == nil
      user = User.new;
      user.id_prod_peer = @ppid;
      user.nick_name = '' ''
      user.save!;
      user.reload;
    end

    params[:id] = user.id
    # set the cookie with the id

    set_uid user.id;
    user.nick_name.tr! '' '',''''

    if user.nick_name == nil || user.nick_name.empty?
        #render :action => ''user/edit'', :object => user
        flash[:notice] = ''Please enter a nickname''
        redirect_to :controller => ''user'', :action =>
''edit'', :id =>
user.id,
            :bl => ''admin''

    else
        # show the logged in page
        redirect_to :controller => ''admin'', :action =>
''home''
    end
  end

end
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Jay wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I''m having a problem getting past the authentication mechanism in
rails
> using my controller functional tests.
Might be worth looking at integration tests instead.  functional tests 
aren''t really speking HTTP. They''re programmatic and focus on
a dsingle
controller, integration tests are a much more full-featured ''pretend 
browser''.  cookies, sessions etc etc.

Alan

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