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Francis Hwang

2007-Dec-16 16:32 UTC

[rspec-users] how do I spec my Rails routes?

Once again, here''s something I haven''t figured out. Apologies
if this
is too newb-ish, but, how do I spec my routes using RSpec-Rails?

In particular, I''ve got a catch-all route that needs to catch a wide  
variety of URLs:

map.document ''*url'', :controller =>
''documents'', :action => ''show''

Is there a way to have a controller spec test site-wide routing? It  
seems to me that the get and post methods are just controller- 
specific routing. If I can''t do it in a controller spec, where else  
should I do it?

Thanks,

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/

David Chelimsky

2007-Dec-16 16:43 UTC

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[rspec-users] how do I spec my Rails routes?

On Dec 16, 2007 10:32 AM, Francis Hwang <sera at fhwang.net>
wrote:> Once again, here''s something I haven''t figured out.
Apologies if this
> is too newb-ish, but, how do I spec my routes using RSpec-Rails?
>
> In particular, I''ve got a catch-all route that needs to catch a
wide
> variety of URLs:
>
> map.document ''*url'', :controller =>
''documents'', :action => ''show''
>
> Is there a way to have a controller spec test site-wide routing? It
> seems to me that the get and post methods are just controller-
> specific routing. If I can''t do it in a controller spec, where
else
> should I do it?
Check out route_for and params_from at http://rspec.info/rdoc-rails/.
There are examples of their use in the controller examples generated
by ''script/generate rspec_scaffold ...''. Here are a couple of
examples:

http://pastie.caboo.se/129301

Cheers,
David
>
> Thanks,
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

Jonathan Linowes

2007-Dec-16 21:23 UTC

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[rspec-users] how do I spec my Rails routes?

personally I''ve broken with convention and put all my route specs  
into a routes_spec.rb file
in part because they''re in one file in rails, and when i edit that  
file I want to make sure other routes didn''t break.
Your question about a catchall is another reason.

I also like to spec named routes, not all the time but especially  
those outside the rails resources conventions. Although not strictly  
a "behavior", I''m more comfortable knowing that the named
routes work
(e.g. logout_path => /logout ) before using them in my code.  
Unfortunately I found (via trial and error) that you need a response  
first. This is what I have working (although its hackish):

class RoutesController < ApplicationController
   def foo
   end
end

describe FoosController, "named routes" do
   before do
     get :foo
   end

   it "should route /logout " do
     logout_path.should == "/logout"
     route_for(:controller => "sessions", :action =>  
"destroy").should == "/logout"
     params_from(:get, "/logout").should == {:controller =>  
"sessions", :action => "destroy"}
   end

end


--linoj


On Dec 16, 2007, at 11:43 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2007 10:32 AM, Francis Hwang <sera at fhwang.net> wrote:
>> Once again, here''s something I haven''t figured out.
Apologies if this
>> is too newb-ish, but, how do I spec my routes using RSpec-Rails?
>>
>> In particular, I''ve got a catch-all route that needs to catch
a wide
>> variety of URLs:
>>
>> map.document ''*url'', :controller =>
''documents'', :action => ''show''
>>
>> Is there a way to have a controller spec test site-wide routing? It
>> seems to me that the get and post methods are just controller-
>> specific routing. If I can''t do it in a controller spec, where
else
>> should I do it?
>
> Check out route_for and params_from at http://rspec.info/rdoc-rails/.
> There are examples of their use in the controller examples generated
> by ''script/generate rspec_scaffold ...''. Here are a
couple of
> examples:
>
> http://pastie.caboo.se/129301
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Francis Hwang
>> http://fhwang.net/
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> rspec-users mailing list
>> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

David Chelimsky

2007-Dec-16 21:29 UTC

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[rspec-users] how do I spec my Rails routes?

On Dec 16, 2007 3:23 PM, Jonathan Linowes <jonathan at parkerhill.com>
wrote:> personally I''ve broken with convention and put all my route specs
> into a routes_spec.rb file
1.1 broke with that same convention! But slightly differently. The
rspec_scaffold generator generates a controller spec and a routing
spec for each controller you create.
> in part because they''re in one file in rails, and when i edit that
> file I want to make sure other routes didn''t break.
> Your question about a catchall is another reason.
>
> I also like to spec named routes, not all the time but especially
> those outside the rails resources conventions. Although not strictly
> a "behavior", I''m more comfortable knowing that the
named routes work
> (e.g. logout_path => /logout ) before using them in my code.
> Unfortunately I found (via trial and error) that you need a response
> first. This is what I have working (although its hackish):
>
> class RoutesController < ApplicationController
>    def foo
>    end
> end
>
> describe FoosController, "named routes" do
>    before do
>      get :foo
>    end
>
>    it "should route /logout " do
>      logout_path.should == "/logout"
>      route_for(:controller => "sessions", :action =>
> "destroy").should == "/logout"
>      params_from(:get, "/logout").should == {:controller =>
> "sessions", :action => "destroy"}
>    end
>
> end
What would you like to see in rspec to manage this for you? How about
a feature request in the tracker?
>
>
> --linoj
>
>
>
> On Dec 16, 2007, at 11:43 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
> > On Dec 16, 2007 10:32 AM, Francis Hwang <sera at fhwang.net>
wrote:
> >> Once again, here''s something I haven''t figured
out. Apologies if this
> >> is too newb-ish, but, how do I spec my routes using RSpec-Rails?
> >>
> >> In particular, I''ve got a catch-all route that needs to
catch a wide
> >> variety of URLs:
> >>
> >> map.document ''*url'', :controller =>
''documents'', :action => ''show''
> >>
> >> Is there a way to have a controller spec test site-wide routing?
It
> >> seems to me that the get and post methods are just controller-
> >> specific routing. If I can''t do it in a controller spec,
where else
> >> should I do it?
> >
> > Check out route_for and params_from at http://rspec.info/rdoc-rails/.
> > There are examples of their use in the controller examples generated
> > by ''script/generate rspec_scaffold ...''. Here are a
couple of
> > examples:
> >
> > http://pastie.caboo.se/129301
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Francis Hwang
> >> http://fhwang.net/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> rspec-users mailing list
> >> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

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