On Nov 4, 6:10 pm, Grary Stimon <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm unable to properly test GET calls for my JSON API in Rails 3.1,
> using ActionController::TestCase.
>
> get :loan, ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(minimum_valid_json_params),
> :format => :json
>
> ...where minimum_valid_json_params has the form...
>
> {:one_thing=>"something", :another_thing=>23, ... }
>
> ...gives me the following unsatisfying error in the test:
>
> NoMethodError: undefined method `symbolize_keys' for #<String:0x6304db>
>
> So, my first question is: What setup do I need to properly test a JSON
> GET request that passes parameters, as above?
>The get method is expecting its second argument to be a hash of parameter name / value pairs, while JSON.encode is returning a string. I'm not certain what you'll need to change, as I don't know what format your controller is expecting the parameters in. > Next, I'm concerned that if I succeed with TestCase's get method, I may > run into a problem in my controller: is request.body available for a GET > request like mine, or is it only for PUT/POST? GET requests do not typically have request bodies - depending on your web server, the body may or may not make it all the way to Rails. More discussion here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body --Matt Jones -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
