rspec users - Sep 2008 - booting rails routing without a controller call

We''re getting into some quite complex routing, and I''d like to
be
able to spec the routing on its own.

All our controllers tend to have a little call to like this to boot  
up the routing before testing params_from etc:

	get :index

However I can''t get this to work in a spec that doesn''t start
with
describe SomeController.

Does anyone know how to get the routing loaded up without actually  
calling a controller?

cheers,
Matt
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Matt Wynne <matt at mattwynne.net>
wrote:
> We''re getting into some quite complex routing, and I''d
like to be able to
> spec the routing on its own.
> All our controllers tend to have a little call to like this to boot up the
> routing before testing params_from etc:
> get :index
> However I can''t get this to work in a spec that doesn''t
start with describe
> SomeController.
> Does anyone know how to get the routing loaded up without actually calling
a
> controller?
Should work if the file lives in spec/controllers. If not, you can do this:

describe "blah routing", :type => :controller do
  ..
end

> cheers,
> Matt
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Worked perfectly, thank you.

By moving our routes config into lib/routing/default_routes.rb, I can  
also get autotest to watch the file for changes - double bonus!

On 12 Sep 2008, at 17:21, David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Matt Wynne <matt at mattwynne.net>
> wrote:
>> We''re getting into some quite complex routing, and
I''d like to be
>> able to
>> spec the routing on its own.
>> All our controllers tend to have a little call to like this to  
>> boot up the
>> routing before testing params_from etc:
>> get :index
>> However I can''t get this to work in a spec that
doesn''t start with
>> describe
>> SomeController.
>> Does anyone know how to get the routing loaded up without actually  
>> calling a
>> controller?
>
> Should work if the file lives in spec/controllers. If not, you can  
> do this:
>
> describe "blah routing", :type => :controller do
>   ..
> end
>
>
>> cheers,
>> Matt
>> ----
>> http://blog.mattwynne.net
>> http://songkick.com
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>> own and do
>> not necessarily reflect the views of any former, current or future  
>> employers
>> of mine.
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cheers,
Matt
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