How to sign in user when testing controllers with rspec

Question

I have following code

@user = FactoryGirl.create(:admin)
post :create, company: attributes_for(:company)
expect Company.count.should == 1

I can't execute post because i have authenticate user method on all controllers, how can i sign in user before that action , i am using devise.

ydaniju · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-19 09:32:18Z

3

You can stub current_user. Having created @user, you could do this:

before(:each) do
  allow_any_instance_of(ApplicationController).
    to receive(:current_user).and_return(@user)
end

Hope this works?

answered Apr 19, 2016 at 9:32

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Nguyen Ruby · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-19 09:31:41Z

2

You can add the following into spec/rails_helper.rb:

require 'devise'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
end

and using sign_in method before test like sign_in @user

answered Apr 19, 2016 at 9:31

Nguyen Ruby

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