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Posted by Brijesh Bharadwaj
Brijesh Bharadwaj
4,705 Points

NoMethodError: undefined method `friend' for #<UserFriendshipTest:0x2947dd0>

The error.

UserFriendshipTest#test_that_creating_a_friendship_works_without_raising_an_exception:
NoMethodError: undefined method `friend' for #<UserFriendshipTest:0x2947dd0>
    test/models/user_friendship_test.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <class:UserFriendshipTest>'
    test/models/user_friendship_test.rb:8:in `block in <class:UserFriendshipTest>'

user_friendship_test.rb

require 'test_helper'
class UserFriendshipTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
    should belong_to(:user)
    should belong_to(:friend)

     test "that creating a friendship works without raising an exception" do
        assert_nothing_raised do 
            UserFriendship.create user: users(:brijesh), friend: friend(:neha)
     end
    end
end

user_friendship.rb

class UserFriendship < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :user
    belongs_to :friend, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "friend_id"
end

Note: using rails 4

2 Answers

Brijesh Bharadwaj
Brijesh Bharadwaj
4,705 Points
Brijesh Bharadwaj
Brijesh Bharadwaj
4,705 Points

Jason Seifer - Any idea why this is happening?

Brijesh Bharadwaj
Brijesh Bharadwaj
4,705 Points
Brijesh Bharadwaj
Brijesh Bharadwaj
4,705 Points

Found the answer. It should be this instead of what is pasted above.

test "that creating a friendship works without raising an exception" do
    assert_nothing_raised do 
        UserFriendship.create user: users(:brijesh), friend: users(:neha)
end

Also, now my assert_nothing_raised assertion is not being picked up as an assertion, know why?

Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points

I know it's an old question .. but it could help... you for got the ènd`

test "that creating a friendship works without raising an exception" do
    assert_nothing_raised do 
        UserFriendship.create user: users(:brijesh), friend: users(:neha)
    end
end