Question

I am trying to write a RSpec test to test for wrong content type passed into the request, because in the controller side I am only supporting JSON.

So currently I have my RSpec written like this:

it 'returns a 406 if the request is not for json' do
  request.accept = 'text/html'
  get :show
  expect(response.code).to eq('406')
end

and the show method in my controller is like this:

 respond_to :json

 def show

    org_id = Organization.find_by_id(params[:id])

    @organization = Organization.includes([:BunchOfTablesBlah).find(params[:id])

    respond_with(@organization)
end

But that test fails with this error:

1) PopulationManagementController show an organization returns a 406
if the request is not for json
Failure/Error: get :show
ActionController::RoutingError:
No route matches {:controller=>”population_management”, :action=>”show”}
# ./spec/controllers/population_management_controller_spec.rb:184:in
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Answer 1

No route matches {:controller=>"population_management", :action=>"show"}

ActionController#show requires an ID, but you haven’t supplied one, thus the routing failure.

Try get :show, :id => '1'