# How to get/set session in ActionView::TestCase?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-set-session-in-actionview-testcase/146085 "2008-08-17T17:32:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-set-session-in-actionview-testcase/146085/1 "2008-08-17T17:32:24Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to use Rails 2.1 ActionView::TestCase to test my helpers.

I got really simple method in ApplicationHelper:

def current\_user  
User.find(session[:user\_id])  
end

How can I set/get session in ActionView::TestCase? It looks similar to  
functional tests - there’s ActionView::TestCase::TestController, which  
has request and response, but session object seems to be just an empty  
array.