# Integration Testing Posting Problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-testing-posting-problem/173209>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 4, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-testing-posting-problem/173209 "2009-08-04T23:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![rilindo\_foster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rilindo\_foster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rilindo_foster)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-testing-posting-problem/173209/1 "2009-08-04T23:28:50Z")

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Hi! I am trying to get the hang of perform integration testing and I  
have a slight problem with posting.

Basically, I can pull the id like so:

@nodename = Node.find\_by\_name(“servername”).id

Then able to get a valid 200 message with:

get “/nodes/#{@nodename.id}/edit”  
assert\_equal 200, status

But when I attempted to post:

post “/nodes/#{@nodename.id}/edit”, :node =\> {:datacenter =\>“someplace”,  
:name =\> “servername”,  
:application =\> “appname” }

I either get a 404 message or 422 message (usually 404) after  
executing assert\_equal 200, status:

1. Failure:  
test\_edit\_node(NodesTest) [/test/integration/nodes\_test.rb:43]:  
\<200\> expected but was  
\<404\>

I thought it was a redirect problem, so I tried assert\_redirected\_to  
“/nodes/#{@nodename.id}”. I get:

1. Failure:  
test\_edit\_node(NodesTest) [/test/integration/nodes\_test.rb:41]:  
Expected response to be a \<:redirect\>, but was \<404\>

I am missing something here. A pointer to the right direction would be  
helpful at the moment.

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**Author:** ![rilindo\_foster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rilindo\_foster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rilindo_foster)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-testing-posting-problem/173209/2 "2009-08-04T23:35:16Z")

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Okay, let me fix something before I make a further fool of myself. This:

@nodename = Node.find\_by\_name(“servername”).id

Should be:

@nodename = Node.find\_by\_name(“servername”)

So that’s fixed and I can definitely say that works.

Posting problem still exists, though. ☹

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM, rilindo foster[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> assert\_equal 200, status
> 
> 1. Failure:
> 
> I am missing something here. A pointer to the right direction would be  
> helpful at the moment.

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