Rails - Dec 2005 - Problems with testing - error posting to other controller

Hi,

I''m trying to test my ad_controller. In order to create an ad, the user
has to be logged in, so I have written a login() that logs in a valid 
user and generates a session[:user_id], like:

  def login (login="bob", password="atest")
    post "user/login", :user => { :login => login, :password
=> password
}

    assert_response 302  # redirect
    assert_session_has :user_id
    assert_equal 1000001, session[:user_id]

    assert_redirect_url "http://#{@request.host}/user/home"
  end

and added it to test_helper.rb . In my ad_controller_test I call it like 
login(), but this throws an error. In my test.log it get the following

Processing AdController#user/login (for 0.0.0.0 at 2005-12-14 20:48:31) 
[POST]
  Parameters: {"user"=>{"login"=>"bob",
"password"=>"atest"},
"action"=>"user/login",
"controller"=>"ad"}

It appears login goes to my ad_controller to search for a login method, 
but there is none because it is defined in the user_controller. Is it 
possible to do a post to another controller than the controller one is 
testing? Or should I just instantiate a session and move on? Help is 
very much appreciated. Thanks.

Kind regards,

Nick

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Managed to get the login code to work. Had to add @controller = 
UserController.new as the first line in the login method. And also had 
to add @controller = AdController.new after I called login() in my 
ad_controller_test. Is this the only solution or is there a nicer one?

Now that this is solved I''m having the following problem (next line in 
test is giving problems :( ). I''m trying to do a post of some data in 
two fixture files, like:

post :create, :ad => @ad_valid, :listing => @listing_ad_valid

@ad_valid and @listing_ad_valid are defined in the fixtures. But this 
throws the error:

NoMethodError: undefined method `stringify_keys!'' for
#<Ad:0x3496d98>

I''m desperate. Testing should be fun!! All help is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Nick

Nick Snels wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I''m trying to test my ad_controller. In order to create an ad, the
user
> has to be logged in, so I have written a login() that logs in a valid 
> user and generates a session[:user_id], like:
> 
>   def login (login="bob", password="atest")
>     post "user/login", :user => { :login => login,
:password => password
> }
> 
>     assert_response 302  # redirect
>     assert_session_has :user_id
>     assert_equal 1000001, session[:user_id]
> 
>     assert_redirect_url "http://#{@request.host}/user/home"
>   end
> 
> and added it to test_helper.rb . In my ad_controller_test I call it like 
> login(), but this throws an error. In my test.log it get the following
> 
> Processing AdController#user/login (for 0.0.0.0 at 2005-12-14 20:48:31) 
> [POST]
>   Parameters: {"user"=>{"login"=>"bob",
"password"=>"atest"},
> "action"=>"user/login",
"controller"=>"ad"}
> 
> It appears login goes to my ad_controller to search for a login method, 
> but there is none because it is defined in the user_controller. Is it 
> possible to do a post to another controller than the controller one is 
> testing? Or should I just instantiate a session and move on? Help is 
> very much appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Nick

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