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Iris Lee
2,327 PointsCreating 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