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custosat
custosat

Reputation: 99

rspec getting error Failure/Error: response.should render_template

I am using rails 4 and rspec 3. I have a controller which I want to test using rspec, but I am getting the following error

Failure/Error: response.should render_template :show
expecting <"show"> but rendering with <[]>

The controller_spec is like this

  describe "GET #show" do 
    it "renders the #show view" do 
    get :show, id: FactoryGirl.create(:product)
    response.should render_template :show
  end
 end

The _show.html partial is like this

    <h2><%= @product.name %></h2>
<div class="product-price"> <h3><%= number_to_currency @product.price %> </h3></div>
<div class="product-description well"><%= @product.description %> </div>
</div>

<%= link_to "Edit", edit_product_path , remote: true, class: "btn btn-primary" %>
<%= link_to "Delete", product_delete_path(@product), remote: true, class: "btn btn-danger" %>

show.js.erb is like this

$("#product-details").html("<%= escape_javascript(render 'show') %>")

and show function in product_controller is 

 def show
    @product = Product.find(params[:id])
       respond_to do |f|
  f.html { render nothing: true } # prevents rendering a nonexistent template file
  f.js # still renders the JavaScript template
end
  end

Upvotes: 0

Views: 579

Answers (1)

infused
infused

Reputation: 24337

The spec is requesting HTML, and since you're rendering nothing (render nothing: true), the results you're getting are correct. If you want to test rendering the .js template, preface the get with xhr:

xhr get :show, id: FactoryGirl.create(:product)

Upvotes: 1

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