# How to set the session hash from an IntegrationTest?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-set-the-session-hash-from-an-integrationtest/114750>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-set-the-session-hash-from-an-integrationtest/114750 "2007-09-17T13:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-set-the-session-hash-from-an-integrationtest/114750/1 "2007-09-17T13:25:10Z")

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Railsters:

The traditional way to log a user into an integration test is to get  
‘/login’.

Our login is elaborate and out-of-band. (Actually, it’s just \>cough\<  
Facebook.)

How do we reach out to the session hash from an IntegrationTest and plug  
variables into it?

–  
Phlip