Functional testing -- using post() w/ a different controller

Rails
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Hallo – I have a function in test_helper.rb that looks not a little
like this:

def
login(username=“gowondapiddlehead”,unhashed_password=“gowonda_piddlehead”)
post(:login,:system_user=>{:username=>username,:unhashed_password=>unhashed_password})
assert_redirected_to(:controller=>‘home’)
assert_not_nil(session[:system_user_id])
system_user=SystemUser.find(session[:system_user_id])
assert_equal(username,system_user.username,“Login name should match
session name.”)
end

When I run the test, however, I get the following error:

1) Error:

test_index(HomeControllerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method login' for Test::Unit::TestCase:Class test/functional/home_controller_test.rb:18:intest_index’

I guess this is because I need to specify the controller being called as
well as the action in the post() function.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Cheers,
doug.

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doug wrote:

Hallo – I have a function in test_helper.rb that looks not a little
like this:

def
login(username=“gowondapiddlehead”,unhashed_password=“gowonda_piddlehead”)
post(:login,:system_user=>{:username=>username,:unhashed_password=>unhashed_password})
assert_redirected_to(:controller=>‘home’)
assert_not_nil(session[:system_user_id])
system_user=SystemUser.find(session[:system_user_id])
assert_equal(username,system_user.username,“Login name should match
session name.”)
end

When I run the test, however, I get the following error:

1) Error:

test_index(HomeControllerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method login' for Test::Unit::TestCase:Class test/functional/home_controller_test.rb:18:intest_index’

I guess this is because I need to specify the controller being called as
well as the action in the post() function.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Cheers,
doug.

Doug,
I’m having the exact same problem. I have an account controller that
handles the login cycle. In testing another controller that depends on
this cycle I cannot specify the controller, only the action.
The option to specify another controller should be added.
Does anyone know a work-around?

Zack

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On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:22 AM, Zack wrote:

I’m having the exact same problem. I have an account controller
that
handles the login cycle. In testing another controller that depends on
this cycle I cannot specify the controller, only the action.
The option to specify another controller should be added.
Does anyone know a work-around?

The functional test operators take a session argument, where you can set
the session up. Just test the pages by setting the session that
indicates
a login…

 get :show,             # <- method
     {  },              # <- params
     { :user_id => 4 }  # <- session

–
– Tom M.