Rails3/rspec2: how to write mailer tests?

Testing RSpec
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This will sound awfully stupid, but i have no idea how to start
writing any mailer tests.

I have a mailer class

class SmsMailer < ActionMailer::Base

  def fake_sms(envelope)
    mail(:to => envelope.user.email)
  end
end

how do I test this?
I tried googling for documentation, but was unable to find something
relevant (probable used wrong search terms).

Or do i just do view-tests on the corresponding view?

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On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:16 AM, nathanvda wrote:

end

how do I test this?
I tried googling for documentation, but was unable to find something
relevant (probable used wrong search terms).

Or do i just do view-tests on the corresponding view?

Start with “script/rails generate rspec:mailer sms” - that will generate
a stub for you and you can go from there.

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On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:16 AM, nathanvda wrote:

end

how do I test this?
I tried googling for documentation, but was unable to find something
relevant (probable used wrong search terms).

Or do i just do view-tests on the corresponding view?

Start with “script/rails generate rspec:mailer sms” - that will generate
a stub for you and you can go from there.

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On Sep 2, 11:24 am, Toni T. [email protected] wrote:

 end

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What you want ishttp://github.com/bmabey/email-spec.

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+1 for the email-spec gem

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Start with “script/rails generate rspec:mailer sms” - that will generate a stub for you and you can go from there.

I am sorry if that was not clear, but i am using rspec2 and rails.
I did use “rails g mailer SomethingMailer”
and that produced an empty test.

But when i did “rails g mailer SomethingMailer some_mail” i got a good
example.
Feels stupid again :slight_smile:

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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:16 PM, nathanvda [email protected] wrote:

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What you want is GitHub - email-spec/email-spec: Collection of RSpec/MiniTest matchers and Cucumber steps for testing email in a ruby app using ActionMailer or Pony.