functional testing with filters

rubyonrails-talk
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How do I do functional tests on controller methods protected by before filters, without using the soon-to-be-deprecated "follow_redirect"?

Say I have a method called index, filtered by check_login. If the user is not logged in, they get redirected to the login method, which logs them in and directs them to index. In my functional tests, I can hit index like this:

<code>post :login, :user => {login params} follow_redirect assertions</code>

If I can't use "follow_redirect", how do I set up my tests so the controller treats the test methods as logged in?

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fake up the session with what would be there if the user were logged in (eg @request.session[:user_id] = users(:bob).id)

Fred

3

But of course. Thanks!