shoulda request params macro

January 27th, 2009
Posted by David Lowenfels
Filed in:
macro

So in a flash of inspiration on the airplane last week, I jotted down a new version of my shoulda params pattern. Put this pastie in test/shoulda_macros/request_params.rb

The general idea is this: 


a_get_to(:index) do
  with_params( {:foo => 'bar'}, "valid params" ) do
    should_respond_with :success

    with_params( :more => 'nested stuff' ) do
      should "do something extra special" do
         assert true
      end
    end

  end
end
Here’s what it looks like in action, taken from the ScrumNinja.com code: 

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'

class MainControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
  @@message = "you guys rock!" 

  context "When not logged in" do
    setup do
      login_as( nil )
    end
    %w[ index tour contact api ].each do |action|
      a_get_to( action, params=false ) do
        should_respond_with :success
      end
    end

    a_get_to( :feedback, params=false ) do
      should_redirect_to "'/login'" 
    end    

    a_post_to( :contact, :message => @@message ) do
      should_send_email :to => "Mailer::GO_EMAIL", :body => %r{#@@message}
      should_redirect_to "'/'" 
    end
  end

  context "When logged in" do
    setup do
      login_as( @user = create_user )
    end
    a_post_to( :feedback, :message => @@message ) do
      should_send_email :to => "Mailer::GO_EMAIL", :body => %r{#@@message}
      should_respond_with :redirect
    end
  end

end
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