rspec users - Mar 2013 - Rspec + Devise + BaseController

Hello there,

I''m creating a base controller for the admin section of a project. All
controllers whitin the admin section will inherit from it.

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#app/controllers/admins/base_controller.rb

class Admins::BaseController < ApplicationController
  layout "admin_cms"
  before_filter :authenticate_admin!
end

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#spec/controllers/admins/base_controller_spec.rb

require ''spec_helper''

describe Admins::BaseController do
  controller do
    def index
    end
  end

  describe "before_filter#authenticate_admin!" do
    before(:each) do
      @admin = FactoryGirl.create(:admin)
      @request.env["devise.mapping"] = Devise.mappings[:admin]
    end

    context "when admin is not logged in" do
      it "redirect admin to sign_in path" do
        get :index
        response.should redirect_to new_admin_session_path
      end
    end

  end
end

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I''ve already inclueded Devise::TestHelpers on my spec_helper.rb and
I''m
getting this error when running this spec:

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Admins::BaseController
  before_filter#authenticate_admin!
    when admin is not logged in
      redirect admin to sign_in path (FAILED - 1)

Failures:

   1) Admins::BaseController before_filter#authenticate_admin! when
admin is not logged     in redirect admin to sign_in path
     Failure/Error: get :index
     ActionView::MissingTemplate:
       Missing template anonymous/index, application/index with
{:locale=>[:en],     :formats=>[:html], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder,
:coffee]}. Searched in:
         *
"#<RSpec::Rails::ViewRendering::EmptyTemplatePathSetDecorator:0xbaf75d4>"
     # ./spec/controllers/admins/base_controller_spec.rb:17:in `block (4
levels) in <top (required)>''

Finished in 0.17124 seconds
1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/controllers/admins/base_controller_spec.rb:16 #
Admins::BaseController   before_filter#authenticate_admin! when admin is
not logged in redirect admin to sign_in path

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I changed my spec to this:

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require ''spec_helper''

describe Admins::BaseController do
  controller do
    def index
      render nothing: true
    end
  end

  describe "before_filter#authenticate_admin!" do
    context "when admin is not logged in" do
      it "redirect admin to sign_in path" do
        get :index
        response.should redirect_to new_admin_session_path
      end
    end

  end
end

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and now I''m getting this error:

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Failures:

  1) Admins::BaseController before_filter#authenticate_admin! when admin
is not logged in redirect admin to sign_in path
     Failure/Error: response.should redirect_to new_admin_session_path
       Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>
So, for some reason it''s not entering in the authenticate_admin! before
filter. I''m kind of lost. Thanks again.

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I''m using Rails 3.2.13, Ruby 2.0.0, Rspec-rails 2.13.0 and Devise
2.2.3.
I really appreacite if someone could help me out with this. Thanks in
advance.

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Finally I could solve the problem. The problem was on the definition of 
the anonymous controller on the spec:

instead of:

    controller do
      def index
      end
    end

I used:

    controller(Admins::Base) do
      def index
      end
    end

You need to specify always the anonymous controller you''re testing 
unless is ApplicationController the one you''re trying to test.

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Ezequiel Delpero <lists at
ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Finally I could solve the problem. The problem was on the definition of
> the anonymous controller on the spec:
>
> instead of:
>
>     controller do
>       def index
>       end
>     end
>
> I used:
>
>     controller(Admins::Base) do
>       def index
>       end
>     end
>
> You need to specify always the anonymous controller you''re testing
> unless is ApplicationController the one you''re trying to test.
FYI - docs:
http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-rails/RSpec/Rails/ControllerExampleGroup/ClassMethods#controller-instance_method