Question

On Rails 2.3.2 I’m trying to test a view in a functional test

def test_view
 get :form
 xhr :post, :add_to_cart, {:id => 1}
 post :create, {:param => value}
 assert_select 'title', 'Success!'
end

But keep getting a failure:

Expected at least 1 element matching “title”, found 0.
is not true.

I understand that you cannot use ‘assert_select’ after a xhr call, but in this case, I’m doing it AFTER a regular post request.

If I drop the xhr request

def test_view
 get :form
 post :create, {:param => value}
 assert_select 'title', 'Success!'
end

Then it works like charm.
I could set the cart (which I store in session) manually, but then I would not be really testing the view…

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think you’ve already figured it out — functional tests expect a single controller action, not multiple actions. I’d suggest replacing this with an integration test.