Thank you David. Still couldn't find the assigns, but I read your comment and decided to try it a different way. So then rspec infers the "spec/api/v1/some_spec.rb" path from "app/controllers/api/v1/some_controller.rb" path? Is there a way to configure how rspec maps this path?
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:45:27 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Bruce <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > So I'm writing an api controller for my app's api and I'm getting an > error > > in my spec: Failure/Error: assigns(:some_response).should_not be_empty > > NoMethodError: undefined method `assigns'.... I am checking to see that > > @some_response got set in a before filter called before the create > action of > > the api - I know the filter is getting called and @some_response is > getting > > set in the before_filter in the controller. I don't know why the > "assigns" > > method is not being found though. My guess is I need to define a path > other > > than the rspec defaults, but I'm not sure if this is the issue or how to > go > > about doing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Here is a link to the setup/code: http://pastie.org/6260383 > > Two problems: > > 1. rspec doesn't know about the apis directory. Try api instead (e.g. > spec/api/v1/some_spec.rb) > 2. even if that works, assigns is really a controller spec concept. I > wouldn't recommend it for an api spec, which should (IMO) be more > black-boxy. > > HTH, > David > > > > > Thank you in advance, > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "rspec" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rspec/-/EJZ0JIgDvv4J. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rspec" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rspec/-/TprXXwZ5FDkJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
