# Functional est for attachment download

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-est-for-attachment-download/151364>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 20, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-est-for-attachment-download/151364 "2008-10-20T18:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vicky)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-est-for-attachment-download/151364/1 "2008-10-20T18:31:54Z")

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I have written an action for converting attached MS word document files  
into a plain text and HTML format. The converted file is then rendered  
in a web browser. How can I write a functional test for this action? I  
am not confused about creating a fixture for this. (attached MS word  
document files are stored as a BLOB in MySQL).

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Vicky.

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**Author:** ![vicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vicky)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-est-for-attachment-download/151364/2 "2008-10-20T19:41:08Z")

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Well I wouldn’t really have thought those belonged in a controller  
rather than some sort of model but I would start with some sample  
files, the expected text or HTML output and assert that converting the  
samples created that output

Fred

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On 20 Oct 2008, at 17:31, Vicky S. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-