Problem testing api controller method for upload

[Weverton Gomes]

Hi,

In our app we have an API and we're creating a new method in one of controller to allow file upload. We created a test like this:

 it 'should upload and save a zip file with invoices' do

    zip = File.read('spec/support/zip-rails.zip')

        

    post :upload, registry: "11222333000144", file: zip

    response.body.should eql(true.to_s)

  end

However, when we run the tests, we getting the following error:

ArgumentError:

       invalid byte sequence in UTF-8

We have already searched and most of results tell about set content-type to  'multipart/form-data'. We don't know if is it, but we tryied set content-type by many and different ways and the error is still there.

Do somebody know about this??

Thanks,

[Myron Marston]

1) Without a backtrace it's hard to give any suggestions; your post doesn't give enough context to guess where that error is originating from.

2) rspec-rails wraps rails' test support, and things like this generally just delegate to the rails methods underneath.  I suspect that this is a general issue with rails and not an rspec-specific issue that we'd be able to solve in rspec-rails.  I encourage you to try writing your test with just rails' built-in test support and seeing if the error still happens.  From there, you can report it to rails or seek help there.

Myron 

[Weverton Gomes]

Myron,

I will try it. But, before, can you tell me the correct way to set the content-type of the request??

Thanks,

[Myron Marston]

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:08:41 AM UTC-7, Weverton Gomes wrote:

Myron,

I will try it. But, before, can you tell me the correct way to set the content-type of the request??

I would if I knew.  I haven't used rails in years and don't remember how to do it.  Even if I did remember how to do it, it may have changed...

[siva]

Hi

 Checkout this method fixture_file_upload method on http://api.rubyonrails.org/. It might help you.