Pundit causes 302

[Ralph Shnelvar]

This is a continuation of

Rspec. Is 302 a success? Why 302?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-talk/Merk1uUyhyc

Setting up the relevant code

In config/routes.rb I have

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :sql_statements
  resources :articles
 
  devise_for :users
  root 'static_pages#root'
  resources :users

  # root to: "articles#index"
  # byebug
end

In spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb I have

  describe "GET #new" do
    it "returns a success response" do
      get :new, params: {}, session: valid_session
      puts; p_here2(response.status)
      byebug
      expect(response).to be_success
    end
  end

In app/controllers/sql_statements_controller.rb I have

  # GET /sql_statements/new
  def new
    @sql_statement = SqlStatement.new
    authorize @sql_statement # I think this causes a 302
  end

In app/policies/sql_statement_policy.rb

# See https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/authorization-with-pundit--cms-28202

#app/policies/sql_statement_policy.rb
 
class SqlStatementPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
  def index?
    true
  end
 
  def create?
    user.present?
  end
 
  def update?
    return true if user.present? && user == sql_statement.user
  end
 
  def destroy?
    return true if user.present? && user == sql_statement.user
  end
 
  private
 
    def sql_statement
      record
    end
end

p_here2 is debugging code I find extremely useful

def p_here2(*args)
  # byebug
  caller_text = caller[0]
  puts caller_text
 
  args.each_with_index do |value, index|
    printf("%d: ", index)
    pp value
  end

Analysis
Let's focus on app/controllers/sql_statements_controller.rb.  The line to focus on is

    authorize @sql_statement # I think this causes a 302


With the line above in, I see this when I run rspec

/home/real-estate-data-mining/spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb:63:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
0: 302

[60, 69] in /home/real-estate-data-mining/spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb
   60:   describe "GET #new" do
   61:     it "returns a success response" do
   62:       get :new, params: {}, session: valid_session
   63:       puts; p_here2(response.status)
   64:       byebug
=> 65:       expect(response).to be_success
   66:     end
   67:   end
   68:
   69:   describe "GET #edit" do
(byebug)

If I comment out

    # authorize @sql_statement # I think this causes a 302


I see this:

/home/real-estate-data-mining/spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb:63:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
0: 200

[60, 69] in /home/real-estate-data-mining/spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb
   60:   describe "GET #new" do
   61:     it "returns a success response" do
   62:       get :new, params: {}, session: valid_session
   63:       puts; p_here2(response.status)
   64:       byebug
=> 65:       expect(response).to be_success
   66:     end
   67:   end
   68:
   69:   describe "GET #edit" do
(byebug)

So, I think it is fairly clear Pundit is causing the 302.

Questions

I am a novice in both Pundit and Rspec

Question 1: Why is Pundit causing this "problem"?

Question 2: What is the preferred way to have Rspec go green on the test in spec/controllers/sql_statements_controller_spec.rb ?