rspec users - Apr 2008 - Need some help with a simple

I can''t figure out why this is failing.  It seems to have a hard time
assigning the @account.  I have spent way too long trying to figure this
out.

Thanks for any help.

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NoMethodError in ''StaffMembersController GET index should allow
anonymous users''
You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.staff_members
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describe StaffMembersController do

  describe "GET index" do

    before :each do
      @account = mock_model(Account, :staff_members =>
[mock_model(StaffMember)])
      controller.stub!(:find_account_by_subdomain_or_url).and_return(@account)
    end

    # Authorization
    it "should allow anonymous users" do
      get :index
      response.should render_template(:index)
    end

  end
end
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StaffMembersController
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class StaffMembersController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :find_account_by_subdomain_or_url

  def index
    @staff_members = @account.staff_members
  end

end
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I''m guessing the key is inside
"find_account_by_subdomain_or_url".  Do
you have that defined somewhere?  It probably calls something like:

@account = Account.find_by_subdomain(blah) or Account.find_by_url(blah)

In which case that''s probably what you need to stub.  Nothing is  
actually checking for the return value of the controller method or  
assigning it to @account.  In other words, you probably should do  
Account.stub! instead of controller.stub!  Check what''s in that method
and see if that gets you closer to the solution.

Good luck!
Glenn

On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:14 PM, chris anderson wrote:
> I can''t figure out why this is failing.  It seems to have a hard
time
> assigning the @account.  I have spent way too long trying to figure  
> this
> out.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -------
> NoMethodError in ''StaffMembersController GET index should allow
> anonymous users''
> You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.staff_members
> -------
>
> ++++++++++++++++
> describe StaffMembersController do
>
>  describe "GET index" do
>
>    before :each do
>      @account = mock_model(Account, :staff_members =>
> [mock_model(StaffMember)])
>      controller.stub! 
> (:find_account_by_subdomain_or_url).and_return(@account)
>    end
>
>    # Authorization
>    it "should allow anonymous users" do
>      get :index
>      response.should render_template(:index)
>    end
>
>  end
> end
> ++++++++++++++++
>
> StaffMembersController
> ++++++++++++++++
> class StaffMembersController < ApplicationController
>  before_filter :find_account_by_subdomain_or_url
>
>  def index
>    @staff_members = @account.staff_members
>  end
>
> end
> +++++++++++++++
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Glenn Ford wrote:
> I''m guessing the key is inside
"find_account_by_subdomain_or_url".  Do
> you have that defined somewhere?  It probably calls something like:
> 
> @account = Account.find_by_subdomain(blah) or Account.find_by_url(blah)
> 
> In which case that''s probably what you need to stub.  Nothing is
> actually checking for the return value of the controller method or
> assigning it to @account.  In other words, you probably should do
> Account.stub! instead of controller.stub!  Check what''s in that
method
> and see if that gets you closer to the solution.
> 
> Good luck!
> Glenn
That worked.

I was under the impression that there would be no subdomain available 
when testing, which is why I was stubbing the controller method.  After 
it working I actually checked what the request.domain was and saw that 
it is test.host :)

Thanks Glenn
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