• Registered: 2013-03-05
  • Posts: 1

Topic: testing url parameters

I am very new to rails and am having a hard time writing unit tests.
How do I write rspec tests for accepting url parameters?
Basically I get a url like the following:
localhost:3000/groups/?group_id=2

In my controller I asssign it to a variable.
@group_id = params[:group_id]

In my view I am just comparing the group id with the id retrieved from the database

    .accordion-body{id: "collapse-#{index}", class: ( @group_id.to_i == group.id || ) ? '' : 'collapse' }

I am not sure how I would go about writing tests for this.

Last edited by ruby_begins (2013-03-05 15:39:08)

  • From: Newburgh, IN, USA
  • Registered: 2009-01-26
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Re: testing url parameters

I think you're overcomplicating this. Ideally, you should be getting localhost:3000/groups/2 and then your controller would only need @group = Group.find(params[:id]). If you're still having this issue, show us your routes.rb and the controller/view for one of these links. Get that working right, and your testing will be correspondingly simpler.

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  • Registered: 2013-03-21
  • Posts: 2

Re: testing url parameters

Hi,

How about an idea to resolve this matter via automation test tool namely Selenium? Surely, you are able to accomplish the goal in just blink of an eye.

Poonam Dogra
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