CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-rails
Destron
Destron

Reputation: 404

Functional test unable to locate template

I am attempting to write a test verifying my controller's action. When tested manually, the code executes as expected. However, my test raises an error because it is unable to locate a template I am attempting to render.

Snippet from my controller code:

response = {:success => true}

response[:html] = {}
response[:html][:list] = render_to_string :partial => "data_source", :locals => {:data_source => @data_source}

respond_to do |format|
  format.json {render :json => response}
end

My test:

before do
  @data_source = FactoryGirl.create :data_source, :facebook_fan_page, :account_id => @account.id, :user_id => @user.id
  post :delete, :format => :json, :id => @data_source.id
end

it "should disable the data source" do
  assert_equal false, @data_source.reload.enabled?
end

The error message:

ActionView::MissingTemplate: Missing partial data_sources/data_source, capture/data_source, application/data_source with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:json], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :haml]}. Searched in:
* "/Users/me/code/my_app/app/views" * "/Users/me/code/my_app/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/konacha-3.0.0/app/views" from /Users/me/code/my_app/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.17/lib/action_view/path_set.rb:58:in `find'

There is definitely a partial in the app/view/data_sources directory "_data_source.html.haml".

Why can't the test find the partial? I suspect a setup issue

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Benjamin Bouchet
Benjamin Bouchet

Reputation: 13181

As you are doing a json request, render_to_string is looking for a json template. Try this:

render_to_string :partial => "data_source", :formats => [:html], :locals => {:data_source => @data_source}

Upvotes: 1

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