I'm working on functionality testing on a Rails website that uses Devise, and I've run into a strange problem. I needed to figure out how to simulate a login, and after a little searching, I found this question that told me about Devise::TestHelpers and the sign_in function. Oddly enough, though, it's working in some but not all of my tests. Here's a couple of my tests:
include Devise::TestHelpers
setup do
@game = games(:game_one)
@user = users(:one)
sign_in(@user)
end
# This test passes
test "should get index" do
get :index
assert_response :success
assert_not_nil assigns(:games)
end
# This test fails; the post redirects to /users/sign_in
# as if accessed without logging in
test "should create game" do
assert_difference('Game.count') do
post :create, game: { name: @game.name }
end
assert_redirected_to game_path(assigns(:game))
end
And the controller itself looks like this:
class GamesController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user!
# Some mostly-autogenerated CRUD
end
From what I can tell, the main difference between the tests that are working and the tests that think I haven't logged in is that the former are using get and the latter post. Is that something that makes sense? And how can I fix it?
Edit: Is this something to do with the "scope" that the Devise readme mentions? It doesn't really explain what that means, but it seems like it may be relevant.