Replicating Form Behaviour in Functional Test

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

I'm really struggling getting a controller test to pass while the form that uses the method operates correctly.

I would really welcome a second pair of eyes to help me find out what I'm missing.

The test

  def test_set_password     @request.session[:user] = users(:admin)

    put :set_password, :id => users(:one).id, :user => {:password => "newpass", :password_confirmation => "newpass"}

    assert User.authenticate(users(:one).username, "newpass")     assert_redirected_to user_path(assigns(:user))   end

The controller method

  # POST   def set_password     @user = User.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|       if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])         flash[:notice] = 'Password updated.'         format.html { redirect_to(@user) }         format.xml { head :ok }       else         format.html { render :action => "edit_password" }         format.xml { render :xml => @user.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }       end     end   end

The view: edit_password.html.erb

<%= error_messages_for :user %>

<h3><%= @user.username%></h3>

<% form_for @user, :url => {:id => @user.id, :action => "set_password"} do |f| %>   <p>   <%= f.label :password %><br />     <%= f.password_field :password %>   </p>

  <p>     <%= f.label :password_confirmation, "Confirm Password" %><br />     <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>   </p>

  <p>     <%= submit_tag "Change" %>   </p> <% end %>

<%= link_to 'Back', @user %>

The view works but the test fails.

Thanks in advance,

Adam

2

The view works but the test fails.

You need to work out why. stick a breakpoint in the action (or in
whatever before filters may be relevant) and see what happens

Fred

3

OK, thanks Fred. I guess it's nothing obvious which is sort of reassuring.

Adam

4

OK, thanks Fred. I guess it's nothing obvious which is sort of reassuring.

Well there is one thing that I refrained from commenting upon because I've no idea how you do your authentication, but in my apps

@request.session[:user] = users(:admin)

would be

@request.session[:user] = users(:admin).id

But that should be quite obvious if you look at test.log (it would say that processing was halted because the authorization filter redirected or rendered)

Fred

5

OK, thanks for that advice.

It's not the problem the test is railing on the first assertion. It's the update of the user record that's failing for some reason.

Adam