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Ruby

Posted by Taylor Smears
Taylor Smears
4,373 Points

Testing the statuses controller

I am having troubles getting my test to pass that makes sure a user should create a status when logged in.

I have changed my statuses_controller.rb code to:

class StatusesController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :authenticate_user!, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]

Here is my test code:

test "should create status when logged in" do
    sign_in users(:jason)

    assert_difference('Status.count') do
    post :create, status: { content: @status.content }
   end

And here is the error message I get in terminal:

1) Failure: test_should_create_status_when_logged_in(StatusesControllerTest) [test/functional/statuses_controller_test.rb:34]: "Status.count" didn't change by 1. <3> expected but was <2>.

Any help is great!

1 Answer

Eddie Flores
Eddie Flores
9,110 Points
Eddie Flores
Eddie Flores
9,110 Points

The stuff in your status_controller.rb is fine. There is a slight difference. You have "ruby test" and it should just be test.

Did you also make sure that you put the second set of code in the status_controller_test.rb file?

Also, I'm not sure if you have the last 2 lines. If you do, then that's fine, but try my code in its place and see if it works. I hope it helps.

Your Code

   ruby test "should create status when logged in" 
   do sign_in users(:jason)

   assert_difference('Status.count') do
   post :create, status: { content: @status.content }
   end

My Code

   test "should create status when logged in" do
    sign_in users(:jason)

    assert_difference('Status.count') do
      post :create, status: { content: @status.content }
    end
    assert_redirected_to status_path(assigns(:status))
   end