Missing Template when testing with the Brain Buster Captcha partial

mwalsh · June 7, 2009, 6:23am

When I run my functional tests, they throw an error with the following
message:

ActionView::TemplateError: Missing template /_captcha.erb in view path
app/views:test/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters
On line #23 of app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb

    20:     <%= f.label :message %><br />
    21:     <%= f.text_area :message %>
    22:   </div>
    23:   <%= render :partial => '/captcha' unless action_name ==

‘edit’ %>
24:

<%= f.submit “Submit” %>

25: <% end %>

    app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb:23
    app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb:1
    app/views/contacts/edit.html.erb:1
    app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb:41:in `update'
    functional/contacts_controller_test.rb:80:in

__bind_1244348412_114' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/ lib/shoulda/context.rb:271:incall’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/
lib/shoulda/context.rb:271:in run_current_setup_blocks' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/ lib/shoulda/context.rb:270:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/
lib/shoulda/context.rb:270:in run_current_setup_blocks' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/ lib/shoulda/context.rb:252:intest: on PUT to :update with invalid
params should respond with success. ’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:34:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:34:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:in each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnermediator.rb:
46:in run_suite' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb: 67:instart_mediator’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:
41:in start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnerutilities.rb: 29:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:216:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:12:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:278
functional/contacts_controller_test.rb:88

I’ve checked to make sure the partial is in the right location, it is
in this directory:

/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters/_captcha.html.erb

Any ideas as to why the test can’t find the partial? It works fine
when I test it manually (via the browser).

mwalsh · June 7, 2009, 11:28pm

Take off the slash?

<%= render :partial => ‘captcha’ unless action_name == ‘edit’ %>

-Rob

Rob B. http://agileconsultingllc.com
[email protected]

mwalsh · June 8, 2009, 1:07am

Thanks, but unfortunately, that had no affect…have you ever run into
this kind of thing before?

mwalsh · June 8, 2009, 1:16am

Just to experiment, I used this instead:

<%= render :partial => “#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/
views/brain_busters/captcha.html.erb” unless action_name == ‘edit’ %>

and now I get the following error:

ActionView::TemplateError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly
be 4 – if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id
On line #4 of vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters/
_captcha.html.erb

    1: <% unless captcha_passed? %>
    2:      <span id="brain_buster_captcha" class="<%= if

last_captcha_attempt_failed? then ‘captcha_failed’ end %>">
3:
4: <%= hidden_field_tag :captcha_id, @captcha.id
%>
5:
6:
7: Spam protection: <%= @captcha.question
%>

    vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters/

_captcha.html.erb:4
app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb:23
app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb:1
app/views/contacts/edit.html.erb:1
app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb:41:in update' functional/contacts_controller_test.rb:80:in__bind_1244416417_125477’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/
lib/shoulda/context.rb:271:in call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/ lib/shoulda/context.rb:271:inrun_current_setup_blocks’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/
lib/shoulda/context.rb:270:in each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/ lib/shoulda/context.rb:270:inrun_current_setup_blocks’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.1/
lib/shoulda/context.rb:252:in test: on PUT to :update with invalid params should assign @contact with a kind of Contact. ' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:34:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:in each' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:34:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:33:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnermediator.rb: 46:inrun_suite’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:
67:in start_mediator' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb: 41:instart’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnerutilities.rb:
29:in run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:216:inrun’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:12:in `run’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:278
functional/contacts_controller_test.rb:88

I feel like after that point I’m just chasing the white rabbit, seems
that once I figure out the initial problem, things should be okay.

mwalsh · June 8, 2009, 3:54pm

My original suggestion was based on the error message:

ActionView::TemplateError: Missing template /_captcha.erb in view
path
app/views:test/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters

The partial you called out was
render :partial => ‘/captcha’

Your new error is clearly that the @captcha instance variable has no
value in the partial. Have you tried something like:

render :partial => ‘captcha’, :object => @captcha

and then within your _captcha.html.erb template using a local variable:

<%= hidden_field_tag :captcha_id, captcha.id %>

-Rob

Rob B. http://agileconsultingllc.com
[email protected]

mwalsh · June 9, 2009, 1:32am

Sorry, I didn’t mean to confuse. I’d say the first error…

ActionView::TemplateError: Missing template /_captcha.erb in view
path
app/views:test/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters

…is still the prominent one. I tried your suggestion and am getting
the same error. Do you have any other suggestions?

I appreciate you taking the time!

Matt

mwalsh · November 24, 2010, 7:56am

I met the same problem and solved it.

When I run my functional tests, they throw an error with the following
message:

ActionView::TemplateError: Missing template /_captcha.erb in view path
app/views:test/vendor/plugins/brain_buster/views/brain_busters
On line #23 of app/views/contacts/_form.html.erb
    20:     <%= f.label :message %><br />
    21:     <%= f.text_area :message %>
    22:   </div>
    23:   <%= render :partial => '/captcha' unless action_name ==
‘edit’ %>
24:

<%= f.submit “Submit” %>

25: <% end %>

I changed single quotation to double quotation.
<%= render :partial => “captcha” %>