Undefined method 'get'

Testing RSpec
1

Hello guys,

I was just starting a rails 3.0.5 application with rspec-rails 2.5.0
and ruby 1.9.2-p180 and when I went to describe my controller I ran
into this undefined method ‘get’ error.

Here’s the spec that is causing the problem (which lives in the folder
spec/controllers)

require ‘spec_helper’

describe ArticlesController, :type => :controller do
describe “GET index” do
get :index
response.should be_successful
end
end

And here’s the error it throws:

spec/controllers/articles_controller_spec.rb:13:in block (2 levels) in <top (required)>': undefined methodget’ for #<Class:
0x00000104799aa0> (NoMethodError)
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:132:in module_eval' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/example_group.rb:132:insubclass’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:119:in describe' from /spec/controllers/articles_controller_spec.rb:12:inblock in
<top (required)>’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:132:in module_eval' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/example_group.rb:132:insubclass’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:119:in describe' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/extensions/object.rb:6:indescribe’
from /spec/controllers/articles_controller_spec.rb:3:in <top (required)>' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:386:inload’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:386:in block in load_spec_files' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:386:inmap’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/configuration.rb:386:in load_spec_files' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:inrun’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:55:in run_in_process' from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/ rspec/core/runner.rb:46:inrun’
from /Users/DBA/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/
rspec/core/runner.rb:10:in `block in autorun’

What could be causing rspec not to find controller example group
methods?

Best regards,
DBA

2

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 15:30, DBA [email protected]
wrote:

describe “GET index” do
get :index
response.should be_successful
end
end

Not sure what the problem could be. Does ArticlesController inherit
from ActionController::Base (maybe via ApplicationController)? You
shouldn’t need to specify :type => :controller on the top-level
describe like you do. Also, your expectation should be
‘response.should be_success’.

Mike

3

On Mar 7, 2011, at 1:30 AM, DBA wrote:

describe ArticlesController, :type => :controller do
describe “GET index” do
get :index
response.should be_successful
end
end

The get method is available in examples (the block passed to it or
specify), but here it’s being called in a group (the block passed to
describe or context`). Try this instead:

describe ArticlesController, :type => :controller do
describe “GET index” do
it “returns a 200” do
get :index
response.should be_successful
end
end
end

HTH,
David

4

Indeed. David C. was kind enough to repair my noob mistake via
twitter. What was happening was exactly what he described in his
reply.

More info at: gist:858446 · GitHub

Thanks,
DBA

5

Hi,

On Mar 13, 2011 10:11 PM, “David C.” [email protected]
wrote:

The get method is available in examples (the block passed to it or
specify), but here it’s being called in a group (the block passed to
describe or context`).

Yeah, don’t know how I missed that!

Mike