RSpec View testing: How to modify params?
- by sebastiangeiger
I am trying to test my views with RSpec. The particular view that is causing me troubles changes its appearance depending on a url parameter:
link_to "sort>name", model_path(:sort_by => 'name') which results in http://mydomain/model?sort_by=name
My view then uses this parameter like that:
<% if params[:sort_by] == 'name' %>
<div>Sorted by Name</div>
<% end %>
The RSpec looks like this:
it "should tell the user the attribute for sorting order" do
#Problem: assign params[:sort_for] = 'name'
render "/groups/index.html.erb"
response.should have_tag("div", "Sorted by Name")
end
I would like to test my view (without controller) in RSpec but I can't get this parameter into my params variable. I tried assign in all different flavours:
assign[:params] = {:sort_by => 'name'}
assign[:params][:sort_by] = 'name'
...
no success so far. Every idea is appreciated.
