Module ActionController::Assertions::ResponseAssertions
In: vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb

A small suite of assertions that test responses from Rails applications.

Methods

Public Instance methods

Assert that the redirection options passed in match those of the redirect called in the latest action. This match can be partial, such that assert_redirected_to(:controller => "weblog") will also match the redirection of redirect_to(:controller => "weblog", :action => "show") and so on.

Examples

  # assert that the redirection was to the "index" action on the WeblogController
  assert_redirected_to :controller => "weblog", :action => "index"

  # assert that the redirection was to the named route login_url
  assert_redirected_to login_url

  # assert that the redirection was to the url for @customer
  assert_redirected_to @customer

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb, line 62
62:       def assert_redirected_to(options = {}, message=nil)
63:         clean_backtrace do
64:           assert_response(:redirect, message)
65:           return true if options == @response.redirected_to
66:           
67:           # Support partial arguments for hash redirections
68:           if options.is_a?(Hash) && @response.redirected_to.is_a?(Hash)
69:             return true if options.all? {|(key, value)| @response.redirected_to[key] == value}
70:           end
71:           
72:           redirected_to_after_normalisation = normalize_argument_to_redirection(@response.redirected_to)
73:           options_after_normalisation       = normalize_argument_to_redirection(options)
74: 
75:           if redirected_to_after_normalisation != options_after_normalisation
76:             flunk "Expected response to be a redirect to <#{options_after_normalisation}> but was a redirect to <#{redirected_to_after_normalisation}>"
77:           end
78:         end
79:       end

Asserts that the response is one of the following types:

  • :success - Status code was 200
  • :redirect - Status code was in the 300-399 range
  • :missing - Status code was 404
  • :error - Status code was in the 500-599 range

You can also pass an explicit status number like assert_response(501) or its symbolic equivalent assert_response(:not_implemented). See ActionController::StatusCodes for a full list.

Examples

  # assert that the response was a redirection
  assert_response :redirect

  # assert that the response code was status code 401 (unauthorized)
  assert_response 401

[Source]

    # File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb, line 27
27:       def assert_response(type, message = nil)
28:         clean_backtrace do
29:           if [ :success, :missing, :redirect, :error ].include?(type) && @response.send("#{type}?")
30:             assert_block("") { true } # to count the assertion
31:           elsif type.is_a?(Fixnum) && @response.response_code == type
32:             assert_block("") { true } # to count the assertion
33:           elsif type.is_a?(Symbol) && @response.response_code == ActionController::StatusCodes::SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE[type]
34:             assert_block("") { true } # to count the assertion
35:           else
36:             if @response.error?
37:               exception = @response.template.instance_variable_get(:@exception)
38:               exception_message = exception && exception.message
39:               assert_block(build_message(message, "Expected response to be a <?>, but was <?>\n<?>", type, @response.response_code, exception_message.to_s)) { false }
40:             else
41:               assert_block(build_message(message, "Expected response to be a <?>, but was <?>", type, @response.response_code)) { false }
42:             end
43:           end
44:         end
45:       end

Asserts that the request was rendered with the appropriate template file.

Examples

  # assert that the "new" view template was rendered
  assert_template "new"

[Source]

     # File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb, line 88
 88:       def assert_template(expected = nil, message=nil)
 89:         clean_backtrace do
 90:           rendered = @response.rendered_template.to_s
 91:           msg = build_message(message, "expecting <?> but rendering with <?>", expected, rendered)
 92:           assert_block(msg) do
 93:             if expected.nil?
 94:               @response.rendered_template.blank?
 95:             else
 96:               rendered.to_s.match(expected)
 97:             end
 98:           end
 99:         end
100:       end

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