Rails - May 2006 - Help: How to write tests for a sms service interface

I''m working on a website that integrates sms services. When someone 
sends an sms to my service number, the sms provider posts an xml doc to 
an url specified by me.

I have implemented the processing method like this:

<code>
def process_notification
  xml = XmlSimple.xml_in(@request.raw_post, ''ForceArray'' =>
false)
  @params.merge! xml
  sms_request = SmsboxRequest.new(:phonenumber =>
@params["sender"],
                                  :operator    =>
@params["operator"],
                                  :service     =>
@params["service"],
                                  :message     =>
@params["message"])
  sms_request.save
end
</code>

I have tested this method with a test application provided by my sms 
provider and all works like a charm.
Now I want to write a functional test for this controller, but I don''t 
know how to build a post request that works. How am I supposed to call 
post so that my xml document is in the raw_post of my TestRequest ?
I tried this:

  post :process_notification, xml
  post :process_notification, {:params => xml}
  post :process_notification, {:id => xml}

where xml contains a valid xml document but none of them work. Any help 
is more than welcome !

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Hi,

Which sms provider are you using ?



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Are you testing the implementation or just your code''s interaction
with the interface?  If you''re testing the interaction, then mock the
interface.

http://rubyforge.org/projects/mocha

On Feb 18, 9:36 pm, Rm Rm
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which sms provider are you using ?
>
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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