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Michael Durrant
Michael Durrant

Reputation: 96484

rspec-sinatra, how to call a helper method?

I have a Sinatra application.

it includes the following:

helpers do
  def helper1
    ...code...
  end
  def helper2
    ...code...
  end
  ...
end

How can I test these helper methods?

Currently my rspec has:

ENV['RACK_ENV'] = 'test'

require_relative '../app'  # <-- your sinatra app

describe 'Basic test' do

  before :each do
    @xml_info = File.read('examples/request_litle_auth.xml')
  end 
  it "basic test" do
    'a'.should eq 'a' 
  end 
  it "can call a helper method" do
    to_dollars(30)
  end 
end

but that gives:

undefined method `to_dollars' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000002460e18>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 769

Answers (1)

phoet
phoet

Reputation: 18845

classical sinatra testing works with Rack::Test. this is a fake browser session that performs requests against your sinatra application, so that you can assert response codes, content etc.

if you want to test a custom defined helper method, you will need to something similar to this: https://github.com/padrino/padrino-framework/issues/930

TL;DR

create a module, include it in your helper call, test the module in any fashion you like.

Upvotes: 1

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