I recently switched started using rspec-rails(2.6.1) with my Rails(3.0.8) app. I'm used to Test::Unit, and I can't seem to get a filter working for my test methods. I like to keep things as DRY as possible, so I'd like to set up a filter that I can call on any test method that will login as an Authlogic user before the test method is called. I tried accomplishing this by using an RSpec filter in spec_helper.rb:
config.before(:each, :login_as_admin => true) do
post "/user_sessions/create", :user_session => {:username => "admin", :password => "admin"}
end
Then I use it in the corresponding test method(in this case spec/controllers/admin_controller_spec.rb):
require 'spec_helper'
describe AdminController do
describe "GET index" do
it("gives a 200 response when visited as an admin", :login_as_admin => true) do
get :index
response.code.should eq("200")
end
end
end
However, I get this error when I run rspec spec:
Failures:
1) AdminController GET index gives a 200 response when visited as an admin
Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
RuntimeError:
@routes is nil: make sure you set it in your test's setup method.
Blech. Can I only send one HTTP request per test? I also tried stubbing out my authenticate_admin method(inside the config.before block), without any luck.