rspec users - Mar 2009 - [rspec, rails] Restful Routes in controller specs

Hi,

how is it possible that I can use the restful routes helpers (e.g.
new_user_path) in controller specs? I browsed the source code but I
couldn''t find the magic. I''m just curious and would appreciate
any
hint...

thanks
Andi

On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:30 AM, Andi Schacke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how is it possible that I can use the restful routes helpers (e.g.
> new_user_path) in controller specs? I browsed the source code but I
> couldn''t find the magic. I''m just curious and would
appreciate any
> hint...
>
> thanks
> Andi
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You can use them -after- the request, eg

	post :create
	response.should redirect_to( foo_path )

You can''t before the request because they''re not loaded yet.

Actually, I have a routes_spec.rb that goes something like this:

	class FoosController < ApplicationController
		def foo
		end
	end

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

		it "should route /users/:id" do
     			user_path(''123'').should ==
''/users/123''
     			params_from(:get, ''/users/123'').should == {:controller
=>
''users'', :action => ''show'', :id =>
''123''}
   		end
	end

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Andi Schacke
<memberships.andi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how is it possible that I can use the restful routes helpers (e.g.
> new_user_path) in controller specs? I browsed the source code but I
> couldn''t find the magic. I''m just curious and would
appreciate any
> hint...
If you''re asking how to do it, you just do. There''s nothing
you have
to do. They''re there for free.

If you''re asking how they are there for free, controllers specs wrap
rails functional tests, so they have all the services provided by
rails.

Cheers,
David
>
> thanks
> Andi
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Thanks a lot David, my question was ''how'' they are for free.
That
explains why I didn''t find it in the rspec-rails sourcecode.

Cheers
Andi

On Mar 11, 2:39?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Andi Schacke
>
> <memberships.a... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > how is it possible that I can use the restful routes helpers (e.g.
> > new_user_path) in controller specs? I browsed the source code but I
> > couldn''t find the magic. I''m just curious and would
appreciate any
> > hint...
>
> If you''re asking how to do it, you just do. There''s
nothing you have
> to do. They''re there for free.
>
> If you''re asking how they are there for free, controllers specs
wrap
> rails functional tests, so they have all the services provided by
> rails.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
> > thanks
> > Andi
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-us... at rubyforge.org
> >http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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