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Todd R
Todd R

Reputation: 18506

RSpec includes help needed

I'm trying to mimic something similar to http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/v/2-2/dir/routing-specs/access-to-named-routes-in-routing-specs

I have a unit test passing:

    require 'test_helper'

    class RoutesTest < ActionController::TestCase
      test "book name is sent to store#index' do
        assert_routing 'book/mytitle', {:controller => 'book', :action => 'index', :title => 'mytitle'}
      end    
    end

I'm trying to covert this to an RSpec test (running Rspec 2.2 under Rails3.0.3)

Here's the test:

    require 'spec_helper'
    include RSpec::Rails::Matchers::RoutingMatchers
    include ActionDispatch::Assertions::RoutingAssertions

    describe "book specific routes" do
       it "should recognize title in path" do
         {:get => "book/mytitle"}.should route_to(:controller => "book", :action => "index", :title => "mytitle")
       end
    end

But this results in:

Failures:

  1) book specific routes should recognize title in path
     Failure/Error: {:get => "book/mytitle"}.should route_to(:controller => "book", :action => "index", :title => "mytitle")
     undefined method `recognize_path' for nil:NilClass
     # ./spec/route_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Any idea where the nilClass is coming from? Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 672

Answers (2)

zetetic
zetetic

Reputation: 47548

It's the double include of ActionDispatch::Assertions::RoutingAssertions which causes the failure -- not sure why. Remove the two include statements and all should be well. The spec file should live in /spec/routing. You can wrap the example with describe BooksController for style points, but it will work without it.

Upvotes: 2

iain
iain

Reputation: 16274

I'm guessing the matchers need to be used inside a controller spec. They should already be there, so there would be no need to include them manually. Just make sure you're describing a controller.

describe BooksController do
  it "should recognize title in path" do
    # ...
  end
end

Upvotes: 1

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