Question

I’m testing to make sure that a created user is assigned to my instance variable @user. I understand what get means, but I’m not sure what to write for the test. I’m returning with an argument error for a bad URI or URL. What’s wrong with my test and how do I fix it?

it "checks @user variable assignment for creation" do

    p = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
    get :users
    # I'm confused on what this line above means/does. What does the hash :users refer 
    #to
    assigns[:user].should == [p]

end

The expected URI object or string error refers to get :users and the error is as follows

Failure/Error get :users
ArgumentError:
  bad argument: (expected URI object or URI string)

Answer 1

I guess that what you want is

it "checks @user variable assignment for creation" do
    p = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
    get :show, id: p.id
    assigns(:user).should == p
end

The line you were not sure about checks that content of the assigned variable (@user) in the show view of the user p, is equal to the p user you just created more information there