We all know that we have this code in our create action of any basic controller
def create
if @product.save
flash[:notice] = 'Product was successfully created.'
redirect_to(products_path)
else
flash[:notice] = "Data not saved try again"
render :action => "new"
end
end
how do we test this part of code using rspec
Any suggesstions are most welcome.
P.S I am naive at rspec so please mind me asking this question if the answer to this is damn simple :)
The remarkable-rails gem adds some matchers to rspec that you can use to test notices, redirects, and &c. This (untested) product_controller_spec.rb shows how you might use remarkable_rails matchers to test your code snippet:
describe ProductController do
describe "create" do
before(:each) do
@product = products(:window_cleaner)
end
it "should create a product" do
@product.should_receive(:save).and_return(true)
post :create
should set_the_flash :notice,
:to => 'Production was successfully created.'
should redirect_to products_path
end
it "should handle failure to create a product" do
@product.should_receive(:save).and_return(false)
post :create
should set_the_flash :notice, :to => 'Data not saved try again.'
should render_template :action => 'new'
end
end
end
Remarkable-rails provided the render_template, set_the_flash, and redirect_to matchers used above.
