rspec users - Aug 2011 - problem with rspec test, undefined method 'post'

I am writing a spec to test the behavior of the mashup_controller when
someone sends a query through a URL. I need to simulate the parameters
contained in the URL, and i read that the post() method will do that,
however when i get an error:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1) MashupController simulates query
     Failure/Error: post :create
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `post'' for
#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x980bc50>
     # ./mashup_controller_rspec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top
(required)>''

Finished in 0.20199 seconds 1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./mashup_controller_rspec.rb:7 # MashupController simulates query
--------------------------------------------------------------------


Here is my code:

--------------------------------
require ''spec_helper''
require ''mashup_controller.rb''

describe MashupController do
    it "simulates query" do
        post :create
    end
end
--------------------------------

Sorry if I''m not making any sense. I am very new to rails and rspec.
Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Michael Hickman <lists at
ruby-forum.com>wrote:
> I am writing a spec to test the behavior of the mashup_controller when
> someone sends a query through a URL. I need to simulate the parameters
> contained in the URL, and i read that the post() method will do that,
> however when i get an error:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1) MashupController simulates query
>     Failure/Error: post :create
>     NoMethodError:
>       undefined method `post'' for
> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x980bc50>
>     # ./mashup_controller_rspec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top
> (required)>''
>
> Finished in 0.20199 seconds 1 example, 1 failure
>
> Failed examples:
>
> rspec ./mashup_controller_rspec.rb:7 # MashupController simulates query
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Here is my code:
>
> --------------------------------
> require ''spec_helper''
> require ''mashup_controller.rb''
>
> describe MashupController do
>    it "simulates query" do
>        post :create
>    end
> end
> --------------------------------
>
> Sorry if I''m not making any sense. I am very new to rails and
rspec. Any
> help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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Welcome to RSpec!

You need to put your controller specs in a "spec/controllers"
directory.
RSpec will look for spec files in spec/controllers and include the necessary
files in each spec file. Also, you do not need to "require
''mashup_controller.rb''" - Rails already loads it for you.

Let us know if that works.
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