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Gourav
Gourav

Reputation: 576

RSpec test of Rails model class method

I have a method in my model

class Announcement < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.get_announcements
    @announcements = Announcement.where("starts <= :start_date and ends >= :end_date and disabled = false",
      {:start_date => "#{Date.today}", :end_date => "#{Date.today}"})
    return @announcements 
  end
end

I am trying to write rspec for this method, as i am new to rspec cant proceed

describe ".get_announcements" do
  before { @result = FactoryGirl.create(:announcement) }
  it "return announcements" do 

  end
end

Please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 116

Answers (2)

Gourav
Gourav

Reputation: 576

Solution for my question

describe ".get_announcements" do
    before { @result = FactoryGirl.create(:announcement) }
    it "return announcement" do
      Announcement.get_announcements.should_not be_empty
    end
  end

Upvotes: 1

zetetic
zetetic

Reputation: 47548

describe ".get_announcements" do
  let!(:announcements) { [FactoryGirl.create!(:announcement)] }
  it "returns announcements" do
    expect(Announcement.get_announcements).to eq announcements
  end
end

Note the use of let! to immediately (not lazily) assign to announcements.

Does the class method really need to define an instance variable? If not, it could be refactored to:

class Announcement < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.get_announcements
    Announcement.where("starts <= :start_date and ends >= :end_date and disabled = false",
  {:start_date => "#{Date.today}", :end_date => "#{Date.today}"})
  end
end

Upvotes: 0

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