Question

Here is the rspec code for testing show in customers controller:

it "'show' should be successful" do
  #category = Factory(:category)
  #sales = Factory(:user)
  #customer = Factory(:customer, :category1_id => category.id, :sales_id => sales.id)
  category = mock_model('Category')
  sales = mock_model('User')
  customer = mock_model(Category, :sales_id => sales.id, :category1_id => category.id)

  get 'show' , :id => customer.id
  response.should be_success
end

Here is the error in rspec:

CustomersController GET customer page 'show' should be successful
     Failure/Error: get 'show' , :id => customer.id
     ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound:
       Couldn't find Customer with id=1003
     # c:in `find'
     # ./app/controllers/customers_controller.rb:59:in `show'
     # ./spec/controllers/customers_controller_spec.rb:50:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

The rspec test passes with the real record created by Factory (see #ed in rspec code)

What’s wrong with the mock? Thanks.

Answer 1

The spec is failing inside the controller’s action which doesn’t know anything about your mocks unless you told it explicitly.

Add this to your spec, before the get statement.

Customer.should_receive(:find).and_return(customer)