Forum: RSpec Testing Email thriugh Rspec

Hi i am testing email through rspec but some problem occured.
This is the whole scenario:
What i want to do is when my user is created it should send mail to for
activation.
This is the code under user_spec.rb
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + ‘/../spec_helper’)

def valid_user_attributes
{
:email => “testing@joshsoftware.com”,
:login => “test”,
:password => “test123″,
:password_confirmation => “test123″,
:role_id => 1
}
end

describe User do
before(:each) do
@user = User.create
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :test
ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries = []
end

fixtures :users

context “User” do
it “should be create if all the credentials are provided” do
@user.attributes = valid_user_attributes
mail = Notifier.signup_notification(”user_1″)
ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size.should == 1
mail.body.should =~ /Please signup/
@user.should be_valid
@user.save
end

Under notifier.rb it contains:
class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
 helper :application
 #user notification
 def signup_notification( user )
    setup_email( user.email )
    @subject = "Please signup"
    @body[:user] = user
  end
end
Now here Notifier is another model which contains signup_ notification
method.
Is it the case that i would need to test that in notifier spec or is it
possible to get notifier model in user like by using include method

I tried using include like "include Notifier" but is is showing me error
as
user_spec.rb:2:in `include': wrong argument type Class (expected Module)
(TypeError)

I got the Notifier model included in the user spec like require 
'notifier.rb'
By adding this i can now access Notifier.deliver_signup_notification 
method(i checked up in the code and it user deliver before that)
Now i can access the method.
But another problem is i am getting error as "undefined method `email' 
for 327378:Fixnum" in app/models/notifier.rb:5:in `signup_notification' 
i.e. on this line "setup_email( user.email )"
This means that it is getting the user object.But i have added user in 
fixtures.
How can i add this user to point it to notifier object?

Hello all,
I got my problem solved.It was really a simple mistake.
I have a doubt that in development i can send a mail but in while 
testing(through Rspec) mail is not getting sent.
Do i need to change some configuration for testing?

There is also the excellent email_spec gem:

http://github.com/bmabey/email-spec/

jko170 wrote:
> There is also the excellent email_spec gem:
> 
> http://github.com/bmabey/email-spec/

Continuing with the topic but scenario is different:
I had written a rake task in rspec.rake.What i want is after running the 
task i should get an email
So for that i have created a method in app/models/notifier.rb which is 
as follows:
def sanity
    @recipients = "amit@test.com"
    @subject = "Sanity"
end

Now in the rake task i am calling the method which is a follows (I am 
writing this rake task under rspec.rake):
desc "Sanity testing"
  Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:sanity) do |t|
#    t.spec_opts = ["--format", "specdoc", "--dry-run"]
    t.spec_files = FileList['spec/models/sanity_spec.rb']
    Notifier.deliver_sanity
  end

But if i run the task it says "uninitialized constant Notifier" .If i 
comment the notifier line then my rake task is working fine.
May be it is not getting the model.So do i need to add the model or some 
configuration need to be done

On Aug 18, 2010, at 7:21 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote:

> def sanity
>    Notifier.deliver_sanity
>  end

What are you actually trying to accomplish here? Is this a means of 
manually testing that the email gets sent? Or does the email really need 
to get sent when running rake tasks for some business purpose other than 
testing?

> But if i run the task it says "uninitialized constant Notifier" .If i 
> comment the notifier line then my rake task is working fine.
> May be it is not getting the model.So do i need to add the model or some 
> configuration need to be done

I think that's pretty clear from the error message.

Cheers,
David

For the application i have written scripts which i am call from a rake 
task.
So i need to know whether how much tests have been passed/failed by 
email.

Amit Kulkarni wrote:
> For the application i have written scripts which i am call from a rake 
> task.
> So i need to know whether how much tests have been passed/failed by 
> email.

In the mail i will get the count of total tests passed/failed.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote:

> Amit Kulkarni wrote:
>> For the application i have written scripts which i am call from a rake 
>> task.
>> So i need to know whether how much tests have been passed/failed by 
>> email.
> 
> In the mail i will get the count of total tests passed/failed.

Please quote the relevant parts of the thread so we know what you're 
talking about.

David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote:
> 
>> Amit Kulkarni wrote:
>>> For the application i have written scripts which i am call from a rake 
>>> task.
>>> So i need to know whether how much tests have been passed/failed by 
>>> email.
>> 
>> In the mail i will get the count of total tests passed/failed.
> 
> Please quote the relevant parts of the thread so we know what you're 
> talking about.
Actually what i want is when my rake task gets executed then i am 
calling a notifier_deliver method (which i have defined in 
app/models/notifier.rb) which will send mail.
So i want to know how should i do this in Spec task.Since doing normally 
in separate rake file it works but it shows error in spec rake file i.e. 
in rspec.rake.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote:

>> 
>> Please quote the relevant parts of the thread so we know what you're 
>> talking about.
> Actually what i want is when my rake task gets executed then i am 
> calling a notifier_deliver method (which i have defined in 
> app/models/notifier.rb) which will send mail.
> So i want to know how should i do this in Spec task.Since doing normally 
> in separate rake file it works but it shows error in spec rake file i.e. 
> in rspec.rake.

Let's try this again:

>> Please quote the relevant parts of the thread so we know what you're 
>> talking about.

To clarify: I'm asking you to help me help you by including the parts of 
this thread that will help provide context so I can answer you without 
having to go digging through my email archives. Earlier this thread you 
had examples of code and failure messages. I don't remember them 
exactly, but I remember they were there. Please send a single email that 
includes all of the relevant parts of this thread in one email so I (or 
anyone else on this list who offers help) don't have to go digging 
through email archives to piece this all together.

Cheers,
David

Ok.I will post this topic separately.. :)