I'm trying to ensure proper user access is maintained with Devise in Rails 4, and I'm having a hard time logging a user in in the test suite.
The simplest case:
require 'test_helper'
include Devise::TestHelpers
class SiteLayoutTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
def setup
@user = users(:test1)
end
test "logged in should get index" do
sign_in @user
get users_path
assert_response :success
assert_select "title", "User Index"
end
end
So far I've not done more really than just implement Devise and a Users controller with the appropriate actions.
I consistently get: NoMethodError: undefined method 'env' for nil:NilClass
, referring specifically to the line containing sign_in @user
and I can find other instances of people getting the same error, but never seem to find an actual solution to the problem I'm attempting to solve.
How do I log a user in with Devise in Rails 4 for testing purposes? Thanks.
EDIT:
fixtures/users.yml
test1:
id: '1'
email: 'test1@example.com'
encrypted_password: <%= Devise::Encryptor.digest(User, "password") %>
created_at: <%= Time.now - 6.minutes %>
updated_at: <%= Time.now - 4.minutes %>
SOLUTION IN SITU:
test "logged in should get index" do
post user_session_path, 'user[email]' => @user.email, 'user[password]' => 'password'
get users_path
assert_response :success
assert_select "title", "User Index"
end
This is from their docs:
"Do not use Devise::TestHelpers in integration tests."
You have to sign in manually. This is an example of a test for a website that does not allow users to get to the root path unless signed in. You can create a method in a support file that signs in the user manually and then call it whenever you want to sign in the user, so that you don't have to use this code every time you need to sign in a user.
require 'test_helper'
class UserFlowsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
test "signed in user is redirected to root_path" do
get user_session_path
assert_equal 200, status
@david = User.create(email: "david@mail.com", password: Devise::Encryptor.digest(User, "helloworld"))
post user_session_path, 'user[email]' => @david.email, 'user[password]' => @david.password
follow_redirect!
assert_equal 200, status
assert_equal "/", path
end
test "user is redirected to sign in page when visiting home page" do
get "/"
assert_equal 302, status
follow_redirect!
assert_equal "/users/sign_in", path
assert_equal 200, status
end
end
EDIT: Just in case it's helpful in the future. You can use Warden Test Helpers for integration tests but the way above is a better test. This is a working example:
require 'test_helper'
include Warden::Test::Helpers
class UserFlowsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
test "user can see home page after login" do
@david = User.create(email: "david@mail.com", password: Devise::Encryptor.digest(User, "helloworld"))
login_as(@david)
get "/"
assert_equal 200, status # User gets root_path because he loged in
assert_equal "/", path
logout
get "/"
assert_equal 302, status # User is redirected because he loged out
Warden.test_reset! #reset Warden after each example
end
end