rspec users - Sep 2009 - rspec-rails and rack middleware

It doesn''t seem like my controller specs are calling my middleware on
requests. Has anyone figured out a good way to test middlware with rspec?
I''m thinking something like
rails'' rails/actionpack/test/controller/session/mem_cache_store_test.rb
but
with rspec... any thoughts?
Thanks!

Best,
Aaron
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Aaron Gibralter
<aaron.gibralter at gmail.com> wrote:
> It doesn''t seem like my controller specs are calling my middleware
on
> requests. Has anyone figured out a good way to test middlware with rspec?
Rack::Test is your friend:
http://github.com/brynary/rack-test

If you Google it, there''s a fair amount of lore out there already on
using it in various contexts.  (And yes, the methods it provides work
just as well in RSpec.)

-- 
Have Fun,
   Steve Eley (sfeley at gmail.com)
   ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
   http://www.escapepod.org

Ah ok. I tried that, but I can''t seem to figure out what to use for the

def app
  ...
end

method in my spec though. The app is my Rails app... for now I have
something like: http://www.pastie.org/625791
I can get the dummy_app to work, but now I''m trying to figure out how
to use
my Rails app. I''ll keep playing around and see if I can come up with
anything.

Thanks!

-Aaron

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Rack::Test is your friend:
http://github.com/brynary/rack-test

If you Google it, there''s a fair amount of lore out there already on
using it in various contexts.  (And yes, the methods it provides work
just as well in RSpec.)
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Aaron Gibralter
<aaron.gibralter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can get the dummy_app to work, but now I''m trying to figure out
how to use
> my Rails app. I''ll keep playing around and see if I can come up
with
> anything.
It sounds like you''re trying to do integration testing (all the pieces
of the system working together) instead of unit testing (testing each
piece of the system).  My suggestion would be to let your middleware
specs test your middleware, and your controller specs test just the
controller.  You can set up stubs or tweak the request to feed it
whatever this middleware is supposed to do.


-- 
Have Fun,
   Steve Eley (sfeley at gmail.com)
   ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
   http://www.escapepod.org

Ah true, I definitely just realized that. The reason I was trying to use
rails though was to provide endpoints for the calls passing through my
middleware. For that though, I can just use the dummy app.
Thank you!

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Stephen Eley <sfeley at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Aaron Gibralter
> <aaron.gibralter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I can get the dummy_app to work, but now I''m trying to figure
out how to
> use
> > my Rails app. I''ll keep playing around and see if I can come
up with
> > anything.
>
> It sounds like you''re trying to do integration testing (all the
pieces
> of the system working together) instead of unit testing (testing each
> piece of the system).  My suggestion would be to let your middleware
> specs test your middleware, and your controller specs test just the
> controller.  You can set up stubs or tweak the request to feed it
> whatever this middleware is supposed to do.
>
>
> --
> Have Fun,
>   Steve Eley (sfeley at gmail.com)
>   ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
>   http://www.escapepod.org
>
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