# Is it possible to follow redirects outside of Rails on an integration test? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 29, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-redirects-outside-of-rails-on-an-integration-test/176336 "2009-09-29T09:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSPablo_FernSSSSnd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-redirects-outside-of-rails-on-an-integration-test/176336/1 "2009-09-29T09:19:43Z")
Hello, Is it possible to follow redirects outside of Rails on an integration test? I’m trying to test my whole log in procedure and part of it includes authenticating with OpenID. I have rots running locally but when I’m suppose do be redirected to the localhost:1123/server (the rots server) I end up being redirected to localhost:3000/server (the rails server with an url that doesn’t exist). It is like if the code that follows the redirection on integration tests is ignoring the URL. Is there any way to enable external redirections? ## Thanks. J. Pablo Fernández [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ([http://pupeno.com](http://pupeno.com)) ---
**Author:** ![JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSPablo_FernSSSSnd)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-redirects-outside-of-rails-on-an-integration-test/176336/2 "2009-09-30T14:11:37Z")
Hello Bill, Thanks for the reply. As far as I know the full URL is being used for the redirect. I remember seeing the url in the debugger and also, the URL is being generated by ruby-openid, so if it wasn’t using the full URL, ruby-openid would be broken for everybody. I can’t check it right now, as soon as I can I’ll do it and post the result. Thanks. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:43, bill walton [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > (‘[http://localhost:1123/server](http://localhost:1123/server)’) in your redirect? > > Best regards, > Bill > > > – J. Pablo Fernández [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ([http://pupeno.com](http://pupeno.com)) ---
**Author:** ![JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSPablo_FernSSSSnd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-redirects-outside-of-rails-on-an-integration-test/176336/3 "2009-09-29T21:43:23Z")
Hi Pablo, On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 08:02 +0200, J. Pablo Fernández wrote: > server) I end up being redirected to localhost:3000/server (the rails > server with an url that doesn’t exist). It is like if the code that > follows the redirection on integration tests is ignoring the URL. Is > there any way to enable external redirections? I haven’t tested this, but are you using the fully qualified url (‘[http://localhost:1123/server](http://localhost:1123/server)’) in your redirect? Best regards, Bill ---
**Author:** ![JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@JSPablo\_FernSSSSnd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSPablo_FernSSSSnd)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-redirects-outside-of-rails-on-an-integration-test/176336/4 "2009-09-30T20:30:29Z")
Confirmed that it doesn’t work, this is the test: # Replace this with your real tests. test “log in” do # Submit open id identifier to log in. post “/users/start”, :openid\_identifier =\> " [http://localhost:1123/john.doe?openid.success=true](http://localhost:1123/john.doe?openid.success=true)" # We get redirected to the authentication page at the OpenID provider assert redirect? # which is on [http://localhost:1123/server](http://localhost:1123/server). assert @response.redirected\_to.start\_with? “[http://localhost:1123/server](http://localhost:1123/server) " # Go. follow\_redirect! # The OpenID server automatically approves any request, it’s a test server # called rots, it should redirect us back to the application assert redirect? # to [http://localhost:3000/users/complete](http://localhost:3000/users/complete) assert @response.redirected\_to.start\_with? " [http://localhost:3000/users/complete](http://localhost:3000/users/complete)” end At the second assert redirect? in which the OpenID server should be redirecting me back, I get a failure. If I look at the logs, the OpenID server, running on port 1123 never gets a request, while the Rails server running on 3000 get’s a request to the path the OpenID server was supposed to get the request for: /server/… Thanks. 2009/9/30 J. Pablo Fernández [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > test? > > – > J. Pablo Fernández [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ([http://pupeno.com](http://pupeno.com)) – J. Pablo Fernández [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ([http://pupeno.com](http://pupeno.com))