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Ruby

Creating the Friendship: Undefined method `user_friendship' error

Can't get tests to pass, keep getting this as an error: NoMethodError: undefined method `user_friendship' for #<User:0x007fa674b44fe8>

My user_friendships_controller.rb file looks like this class UserFriendshipsController < ApplicationController before_filter :authenticate_user!, only: [:new]

def new
    if params[:friend_id]
        @friend = User.where(profile_name: params[:friend_id]).first
        raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound if @friend.nil?
        @user_friendship = current_user.user_friendships.new(friend: @friend)
    else
        flash[:error] = "Friend required"
    end
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
    render file: 'public/404', status: :not_found
end

def create
     if params[:user_friendship] && params[:user_friendship].has_key?(:friend_id)
         @friend = User.where(profile_name: params[:user_friendship][:friend_id]).first
         @user_friendship = current_user.user_friendship.new(friend: @friend)
         @user_friendship.save
         redirect_to profile_path(@friend)
    else
        flash[:error] = "Friend required"
        redirect_to root_path
    end
end

end

My user_friendships_controller_test.rb looks like require 'test_helper'

class UserFriendshipsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
context "#new" do
    context "when not logged in" do
        should "redirect to the login page" do
            get :new
            assert_response :redirect
        end
    end

    context "when logged in" do 
        setup do
            sign_in users(:jason)
        end

        should "get new and return success" do
            get :new
            assert_response :success
        end

        should "should set a flash error if the friend_id params is missing" do
            get :new, {}
            assert_equal "Friend required", flash[:error]
        end

        should "display the friend's name" do
            get :new, friend_id: users(:jim)
            assert_match /#{users(:jim).full_name}/, response.body
        end

        should "assign a new user friendship" do
            get :new, friend_id: users(:jim)
            assert assigns(:user_friendship)
        end

        should "assign a new user friendship to the correct friend" do
            get :new, friend_id: users(:jim)
            assert_equal users(:jim), assigns(:user_friendship).friend
        end

        should "assign a new user friendship to the currently logged in user" do
            get :new, friend_id: users(:jim)
            assert_equal users(:jason), assigns(:user_friendship).user
        end

        should "returns a 404 status if no friend is found" do
            get :new, friend_id: 'invalid'
            assert_response :not_found
        end

        should "ask if you really want to friend the user" do
            get :new, friend_id: users(:jim)
            assert_match /Do you really want to friend #{users(:jim).full_name}?/, response.body
        end
    end
end

context "#create" do
    context "when not logged in" do
        should "redirect to the login page" do
            get :new
            assert_response :redirect
            assert_redirected_to login_path
        end
    end

    context "when logged in" do
        setup do
            sign_in users(:jason)
        end

        context "with no friend_id" do
            setup do
                post :create
            end

            should "set the flash error message" do
                assert !flash[:error].empty?
            end

            should "redirect to the site root" do
                assert_redirected_to root_path
            end
        end

        context "with a valid friend_id" do
            setup do
                post :create, user_friendship: { friend_id: users(:mike) }
            end

            should "assign a friend object" do
                assert assigns(:friend)
                assert_equal users(:mike), assigns(:friend)
            end

            should "assign a user_friendship object" do
                assert assigns(:user_friendship)
                assert_equal users(:jason), assigns(:user_friendship).user
                assert_equal users(:mike), assigns(:user_friendship).friend
            end

            should "create a friendship" do
                assert users(:jason).friends.include?(users(:mike))
            end

            should "redirect to the profile page of the friend" do
                assert_response :redirect
                assert_redirected_to profile_path(users(:mike))
            end

            should "set the flash success message" do
                assert flash[:success]
                assert_equal "You are now friends with #{users(:mike).full_name}", flash[:success]
            end
        end

    end
end

end