rspec users - Jan 2009 - How to spec a controller method that involves an rjs redirect

Hi everyone,

What is the best way to spec a controller method that involves an rjs redirect?
Something like this

def index
? url_to = @parent ? auction_bids_path(@parent)? : auctions_path
? render :update do |page|
??? page.redirect_to(url_to)
? end
end

I tried 
?response.should have_rjs 
for the redirect but it didnt work. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks



      
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Nasir Jamal <nas35_in at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> What is the best way to spec a controller method that involves an rjs
> redirect? Something like this
>
> def index
>   url_to = @parent ? auction_bids_path(@parent)  : auctions_path
>   render :update do |page|
>     page.redirect_to(url_to)
>   end
> end
>
> I tried
>  response.should have_rjs
> for the redirect but it didnt work. Any help would be appreciated.
Please be more specific when you say "it didn''t work." What
precisely
was the code in the spec and what precisely was the error you got.

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Nasir Jamal <nas35_in at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> What is the best way to spec a controller method that involves an rjs
> redirect? Something like this
Consider:

response.should =~ /window\.location\.href = ''(whatever your expected
path is)'';/

I didn''t confirm that regex, obviously.  But the concept is pretty
simple: if you know how the RJS redirect works and what Javascript is
supposed to be generated, then test for its presence in the response.
If it''s there, your controller logic worked.



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