Question

I’m trying to check if an administrator is signed out in an Rspec test. However the usual signed_in? method can’t be seen from rspec and isn’t part of the RSpec Devise Helpers.

Something like this is what i have in place

before (:each) do
        @admin = FactoryGirl.create(:administrator)
        sign_in @admin
      end


      it "should allow the admin to sign out" do
        sign_out @admin
        #@admin.should be_nil
        #@admin.signed_in?.should be_false
        administrator_signed_in?.should be_false
      end

Is there anothe way to check the session of the administrator and see if he’s actually signed in or not?

Answer 1

I think it’s really what you need How To: Test controllers with Rails 3 and 4 (and RSpec)

Just check current_user. It should be nil

Add. Good practice is using syntax like this

-> { sign_out @admin }.should change { current_user }.from(@admin).to(nil)