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S Ahmed

2012-Mar-03 19:35 UTC

[rspec-users] mimicking a logged in user

I''m testing my controller, and confirming that a logged-in user can
view
the page.

I have a session_helper that does this:

def signed_in?
    !current_user.nil?
end

And the current_user is set with:

def user_from_remember_token
    remember_token = cookies[:remember_token]
    User.find_by_remember_token(remember_token) unless remember_token.nil?
end


So in my controller, I need to fake a login somehow, how should I go about
doing this?

I''m not sure if this is the best place for it, but so far what I tried
was
creating a method in my spec_helper''s config block:

def test_sign_in(user)
   controller.sign_in(user)
end

(I get my user object from factorygirl).

So my controller_spec looks like:


describe "index" do
    before(:each) do
      @user = Factory(:user)
      test_sign_in(@user)
    end

    it "should be successful" do
      get ''index''
      controller.current_user.should == @user
      response.should be_success
    end
  end


It is failing with current_user being nil.

Should I just somehow stub the call to
''user_from_remember_token'' to return
the factorygirl user?
How can I do this?
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Justin Ko

2012-Mar-03 22:21 UTC

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[rspec-users] mimicking a logged in user

On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:35 PM, S Ahmed wrote:
> I''m testing my controller, and confirming that a logged-in user
can view the page.
> 
> I have a session_helper that does this:
> 
> def signed_in?
>     !current_user.nil?
> end
> 
> And the current_user is set with:
> 
> def user_from_remember_token
>     remember_token = cookies[:remember_token]
>     User.find_by_remember_token(remember_token) unless remember_token.nil?
> end
> 
> 
> So in my controller, I need to fake a login somehow, how should I go about
doing this?
> 
> I''m not sure if this is the best place for it, but so far what I
tried was creating a method in my spec_helper''s config block:
> 
> def test_sign_in(user)
>    controller.sign_in(user)
> end
> 
> (I get my user object from factorygirl).
> 
> So my controller_spec looks like:
> 
> 
> describe "index" do
>     before(:each) do
>       @user = Factory(:user)
>       test_sign_in(@user)
>     end
>     
>     it "should be successful" do
>       get ''index''
>       controller.current_user.should == @user
>       response.should be_success
>     end
>   end
> 
> 
> It is failing with current_user being nil.
> 
> Should I just somehow stub the call to
''user_from_remember_token'' to return the factorygirl user?
> How can I do this?
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
Just set the :remember_token cookie:

https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/docs/controller-specs/cookies

S Ahmed

2012-Mar-04 04:04 UTC

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[rspec-users] mimicking a logged in user

thanks.

but I have to stub the call that hits the database also.

how can I wrap this up in a function so I can use it everywhere in my tests
where I require a logged in user?
where should I put this? in spec_helper?

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Justin Ko <jko170 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:35 PM, S Ahmed wrote:
>
> > I''m testing my controller, and confirming that a logged-in
user can view
> the page.
> >
> > I have a session_helper that does this:
> >
> > def signed_in?
> >     !current_user.nil?
> > end
> >
> > And the current_user is set with:
> >
> > def user_from_remember_token
> >     remember_token = cookies[:remember_token]
> >     User.find_by_remember_token(remember_token) unless
> remember_token.nil?
> > end
> >
> >
> > So in my controller, I need to fake a login somehow, how should I go
> about doing this?
> >
> > I''m not sure if this is the best place for it, but so far
what I tried
> was creating a method in my spec_helper''s config block:
> >
> > def test_sign_in(user)
> >    controller.sign_in(user)
> > end
> >
> > (I get my user object from factorygirl).
> >
> > So my controller_spec looks like:
> >
> >
> > describe "index" do
> >     before(:each) do
> >       @user = Factory(:user)
> >       test_sign_in(@user)
> >     end
> >
> >     it "should be successful" do
> >       get ''index''
> >       controller.current_user.should == @user
> >       response.should be_success
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> >
> > It is failing with current_user being nil.
> >
> > Should I just somehow stub the call to
''user_from_remember_token'' to
> return the factorygirl user?
> > How can I do this?
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>
> Just set the :remember_token cookie:
>
> https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/docs/controller-specs/cookies
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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