CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-railsrubyactiverecordrspec
M.M.
M.M.

Reputation: 77

RSpec ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound

I am having difficulty getting a test to pass:

Error:

Failure/Error: post :create, { appointment: { dentist_id: '1', patient_id: '2', appt_date: '2015-12-05 09:00:00' } }
 ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound:
   Couldn't find Dentist with 'id'=

Appointment Controller: 

def create
 @dentist = Dentist.find(params[:dentist_id])
 @appointment = @dentist.appointments.new(appointment)
  if Appointment.exists?(:appt_date => @appointment.appt_date)
   render :new
  else
   @appointment.save
   redirect_to dentist_path(@dentist)
  end
end

Appointment Spec:

describe 'POST #create' do
 it 'assigns a newly created appointment as @appointment' do
  post :create, { appointment: { dentist_id: '1', patient_id: '2', appt_date: '2015-12-05 09:00:00' } }
  expect(assigns(:appointment)).to be_a(Appointment)
  expect(assigns(:appointment)).to be_persisted
 end
end

What am I missing? Any help would be most appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1868

Answers (1)

theunraveler
theunraveler

Reputation: 3284

In your request, you're doing post :create, { appointment: { dentist_id: '1', ... } }, which means that params[:dentist_id] in your controller will be nil (notice how you're nesting dentist_id under appointment in your request params). To fix this, change @dentist = Dentist.find(params[:dentist_id]) in your controller action to @dentist = Dentist.find(params[:appointment][:dentist_id]), or change your request to post :create, { dentist_id: '1', appointment: { patient_id: '2' ... } }.

Update

You'll also need to create a Dentist record in your database before the test is run. To do that, add something like this to your test case:

describe 'POST #create' do
  before { Dentist.create!(id: 1) }

  it 'assigns a newly created appointment as @appointment' do
    post :create, { dentist_id: '1', appointment: { patient_id: '2', appt_date: '2015-12-05 09:00:00' } }
    ...
  end
end

Upvotes: 1

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