[rspec-users] RSpec 2/Rails 3 - content_for in view specs
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Dylan Markow
Aug 18, 2010, 6:39:45 PM8/18/10
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My main layout includes separate content_for/yield sections for my header, sidebar, footer, and content. However, when running a view spec, the `rendered` variable seems to only contain a string of just the primary content and ignores the header/footer/sidebar as well as the rest of my layout file (the "render" call just returns my primary content wrapped in generic <html> and <body> tags).
Is there a way to get to the content captured in a "content_for" block through my view specs, or at the very least get my "render" call to use the full layout?
I've tried doing a "render :layout => 'application'" which gives me:
1) contacts/show.html.erb shows a URL if the contact has one
Failure/Error: render :layout => "application"
undefined method `formats' for nil:NilClass
# /home/dylan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.0.rc/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:48:in `method_missing'
# /home/dylan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/actionpack-3.0.0.rc/lib/action_view/render/rendering.rb:25:in `render'
# /home/dylan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/actionpack-3.0.0.rc/lib/action_view/test_case.rb:103:in `render'
# /home/dylan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-rails-2.0.0.beta.19/lib/rspec/rails/example/view_example_group.rb:73:in `render'
# ./spec/views/contacts/show.html.erb_spec.rb:20:in `block (2 levels) in <main>'
I've also tried using response.capture(:sidebar), response[:sidebar], rendered.capture(:sidebar), rendered[:sidebar], view.capture(:sidebar), etc. and none of them worked -- they all give various errors.
Here is my view spec that I'm trying to run:
describe "contacts/show.html.erb" do
it "shows a URL if present" do
@contact = Factory(:complete_contact, :web_page => "http://www.example.com") # Using Factory Girl
render
rendered.should have_selector("span", :content => "http://www.example.com")
end
end
Michael Schuerig
Aug 28, 2010, 7:12:53 PM8/28/10
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On Thursday 19 August 2010, Dylan Markow wrote:
> Is there a way to get to the content captured in a "content_for"
> block through my view specs, or at the very least get my "render"
> call to use the full layout?
> Is there a way to get to the content captured in a "content_for"
> block through my view specs, or at the very least get my "render"
> call to use the full layout?
Try defining a method like this in your spec
def content_for(name)
view.instance_variable_get(:@_content_for)[name]
end
and then
content_for(:sidebar).should ...
Michael
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jared
Jun 8, 2012, 5:21:16 PM6/8/12
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This worked in Rails 3.1 but view.instance_variable_get(:@_content_for) is nil in Rails 3.2
Anybody have a solution for this in Rails 3.2?
Thanks!
Jared
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