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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 5, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viewing-html-rendered-during-a-test/179850 "2009-12-05T07:47:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viewing-html-rendered-during-a-test/179850/1 "2009-12-05T07:47:35Z")
Is it possible to view the html rendered in a test?
Im testing an assert\_select and its not passing though in the broswer
all is fine.
The test tells me what the assert\_select expected but id like to see
what was there to make it fail. That way i can fix my code.
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**Author:**  [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viewing-html-rendered-during-a-test/179850/2 "2009-12-05T08:18:27Z")
Adam A. wrote:
> Is it possible to view the html rendered in a test?
>
> Im testing an assert\_select and its not passing though in the broswer
> all is fine.
> The test tells me what the assert\_select expected but id like to see
> what was there to make it fail. That way i can fix my code.
You should just be able to dump response.body to get the HTML.
Best,
–Â
Marnen Laibow-Koser
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)
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**Author:**  [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viewing-html-rendered-during-a-test/179850/3 "2009-12-05T09:11:08Z")
thanks for your reply. Im going to give that a whirl now.
adam