Speccing a redirect in routes

Testing RSpec
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Hi,

I expected to be able to do something like this in a routing spec:

{ :get => ‘/legacy/route’ }.should redirect_to(‘/shiny/new/route’)

However there doesn’t appear to be a redirect_to matcher, and digging
deeper I can’t even see an underlying Rails assertion method that will
assert for redirect routing configuration. Did I miss it?

Do I need to spec this with a request spec instead?

cheers,
Matt

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On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Matt W. wrote:

Hi,

I expected to be able to do something like this in a routing spec:

{ :get => ‘/legacy/route’ }.should redirect_to(’/shiny/new/route’)

Routes resolve to paths to controller actions, they don’t do any http
redirection.

However there doesn’t appear to be a redirect_to matcher, and digging deeper I
can’t even see an underlying Rails assertion method that will assert for redirect
routing configuration. Did I miss it?

Do I need to spec this with a request spec instead?

Or a controller spec. Either way, it’s the controller that’s redirecting

Cheers,
David

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On 9 Aug 2011, at 01:02, David C. wrote:

On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Matt W. wrote:

I expected to be able to do something like this in a routing spec:

{ :get => ‘/legacy/route’ }.should redirect_to(‘/shiny/new/route’)

Routes resolve to paths to controller actions, they don’t do any http
redirection.

A ‘redirect’ helper was added to ActionDispatch::Mapper for Rails 3, to
allow redirection without hitting a controller:

Chris

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On 9 Aug 2011, at 13:11, David C. wrote:

Routes resolve to paths to controller actions, they don’t do any http
redirection.
Glad to know that!

I think this needs to be in Rails before it’s in RSpec. Would either of you
(Matt/Chris) care to open up a feature request for a new Rails assertion?
Something like assert_route_redirects? If you do, please reference it in this
thread.

Done:

cheers,
Matt

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Freelance programmer & coach
Author, Search (with Aslak
Hellesy)
Founder, http://relishapp.com
+44(0)7974430184 | http://twitter.com/mattwynne

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On Aug 9, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Chris M. wrote:

A ‘redirect’ helper was added to ActionDispatch::Mapper for Rails 3, to allow
redirection without hitting a controller:

New routing dsl · rails/rails@a1ce52e · GitHub

Rails Routing from the Outside In — Ruby on Rails Guides

Chris

Glad to know that!

I think this needs to be in Rails before it’s in RSpec. Would either of
you (Matt/Chris) care to open up a feature request for a new Rails
assertion? Something like assert_route_redirects? If you do, please
reference it in this thread.

Cheers,
David