Cucumber + Capybara - web sessions

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I need to do this:

  Scenario: Access private area without a session     Given I don't have a session     When I access private area     Then I should see "You are not logged in"

Is there a way to remove the session cookie in "Given I don't have a session" with capybara? I know I could visit the logout page, but what if I didn't have this feature yet?

2

Have you tried:

session.delete

or perhaps:

session.destroy

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Given /I am not logged in/ do     session.destroy end

It doesn't work! It seems session can be accessed only from a controller, but I'm not sure.

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Leandro wrote in post #968636:

Given /I am not logged in/ do     session.destroy end

It doesn't work!

When you say "It doesn't work!" what error are you getting? Is session defined? If not then do you have sessions turned off in the ApplicationController? Have you established a session to start with?

Take a look at this for further help:

http://rails.nuvvo.com/lesson/6372-action-controller-session

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I need to do this:

Scenario: Access private area without a session

Given I don't have a session

When I access private area

Then I should see "You are not logged in"

Is there a way to remove the session cookie in "Given I don’t have a

session" with capybara?

I know I could visit the logout page, but what if I didn’t have this

feature yet?

Leandro, are you using a Authlogic or Devise to provide the authentication functionality?

-Conrad

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No, I'm using my own authentication logic.