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Ruby

Posted by Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Destroying friendships (not literally, just the lesson) delete method error

Hey got a error when defining 'destroy' on the "friendships_controller" saying that the delete method isn't defined.

  1) Error:

test: #destroy when logged in should delete user friendships. (UserFriendshipsCo
ntrollerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method `delete' for nil:NilClass

So I was wondering should I make an empty "def delete" in the friendships controller?

Also here's the argument that it's complaining about,

should "delete user friendships" do
        assert_difference 'UserFriendship.count', -2 do
    delete :destroy, id: @user_friendship
end

5 Answers

Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Oops found it, I should have had the users(:drew) actually = users(:allan). Once again it's a typing error on my part.

Yonatan Schultz
Yonatan Schultz
12,045 Points
Yonatan Schultz
Yonatan Schultz
12,045 Points

Looks like it's having trouble finding @user_friendship. Have you tried just giving it an id:? Maybe id: 1?

Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Hmm, I tried that out and got a different error saying that it couldn't find the id "1", but I thought it would be able to find @user_friendship due to the 'context'.

        context "when logged in" do
            setup do
            @friend = create(:user)
            @user_friendship = create(:accepted_user_friendship, friend: @friend, user: users(:allan))
            create(:accepted_user_friendship, friend: users(:drew), user: @friend)

            sign_in users(:allan)
    end

    should "delete user friendships" do
        assert_difference 'UserFriendship.count', -2 do
            delete :destroy, id: @user_friendship
        end
    end

    should "set the flash" do
        delete :destroy, id: @user_friendship
        assert_equal "Friendship destroyed", flash[:success]
    end
end

4th line, it shows a created '@user_friendship and what is inside.

Yonatan Schultz
Yonatan Schultz
12,045 Points
Yonatan Schultz
Yonatan Schultz
12,045 Points

Nice! Glad to hear you found the culprit. Debugging is turning my brain to mush. I think it's time for a day of comic books and soda pop.

Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Yeah been playing to much bioshock myself.