Testing rescue_action_in_public tip

Rails
#1

Hi All,

Here’s a trick to functional test rescue_action_in_public, I’ve been
searching in the Rails source for an hour to find it:

get(:index)
@controller.send(:erase_render_results)
@controller.send(:rescue_action_in_public,
ActionController::RoutingError.new(nil))

Calling erase_render_results after the get lets you call
rescue_action_in_public without getting DoubleRender errors. This for
example allows you to test if exception notification emails are sent
properly or if the right 404 page is rendered.

grtz

Thijs

#2

Thanks, that worked even three years later!