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rctneil
rctneil

Reputation: 7210

Rails model method rspec test

I have the following test:

it 'should return array of other cars at garage (excluding itself)' do g1 = FactoryGirl.create(:garage)

c1 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c1.garage = g1

c2 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c2.name = "Ford 1"
c2.garage = g1

c3 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c3.name = "VW 1"
c3.garage = g1

expect(c1.other_cars_at_garage).to eq([c2, c3])

end

which should test this method on my model:

  def other_cars_at_garage
    garage.cars.where.not(id: self.id)
  end

When I run the test, it fails as it returns: #<ActiveRecord::AssociationRelation []>

How should I get this test to pass? How do I check for an AR::AssociationRelation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 270

Answers (1)

JTG
JTG

Reputation: 8826

You are not saving the association between c1/c2/c3 and g1

c1 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c1.garage = g1
c1.save #this saves g1 in c1's garage

c2 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c2.name = "Ford 1"
c2.garage = g1
c2.save

c3 = FactoryGirl.create(:car)
c3.name = "VW 1"
c3.garage = g1
c3.save

In addition, it's probably best to use

expect(c1.other_cars_at_garage).to match_array([c2, c3])

Notice the match_array instead of eq, this means the order of the array is unimportant, where as eq means the order of the array is important

Upvotes: 0

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