How do you access the session in a Rails performance test?

[Cyrille]

Hi guys,

I am writing some performance tests and I want the user to be logged
in:

class CompaniesTest < ActionController::PerformanceTest
fixtures :all

def setup
login_as(:cyrille)
end

def test_homepage
get '/'
end
end

The problem is: how should i implement login_as?

I tried:

private
def login_as(user)
@request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
@request.session[:user] = user ? users(user).id : nil
end

But the session[:user] is empty when it gets checked by the
application.

Obviously there must be a session object created by the
PerformanceTest, but I can't see how I am supposed to access it.

Anybody knows?

Cheers

Cyrille

[Andy Newport]

I believe PerformanceTest extends IntegrationTest so you should be able to user the open_session(&block) type hook. See the second code example here => http://apidock.com/rails/v2.3.4/ActionController/IntegrationTest

[Cyrille]

Hi Andy,

thanks for pointing that out. It works a charm.

Cheers

Cyrille