RSpec Controller Tests and Rodauth

[martinstreicher]

What is the proper technique to login a user to run an RSpec controller spec?

[martinstreicher]

      session[:account_id] = account.id
      session[:authenticated_by] = 'password'
      get :new
      expect(response).to be_ok

Using the Googler, I found mention of adding session values, but this does not seem to work.

[jeremyevans]

Not sure what an controller test would represent in this case. Rodauth is build on Roda, which doesn't have the equivalent of a "controller". In general, it's best to test applications using Rodauth with a tool such as capybara. See Rodauth's test suite for examples.

[martinstreicher]

The answer above does indeed work. I will post an example in a moment. An account must also be verified.

[martinstreicher]

I created an Account in Rodauth with this:

FactoryBot.define do
  factory :account do
    email    { Faker::Internet.email }
    password { 'password' }
    status   { 'verified' }
  end
end

and then in the RSpec controller spec, wrote this:

it '...' do
  session[:account_id] = account.id
  session[:authenticated_by] = 'password'
  get :new
  expect(response).to redirect_to(activity_question_path(Activity.last, Activity.last.current_question))
end