RAILS3: Set query parameters to post in functional tests?

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I have a Rails3 app that has Workflows, and they have many WorkAssignments. WorkAssignments have a field, work_sent_date, the date work was sent to the person. On the Workflow edit screen I display a work sent date field, but Workflow does not have an attribute work_sent_date. If any work assignments have a date, I display the most recent one and it can't be edited. If all are blank, I display a text box that is editable and in WorkflowController#update, if that date is filled it, the work assignments' work_sent_date field get that date.

It works when I test it manually. I suppose I could just create an attribute for it, but I'm trying to be slick and not have redundant data.

I'm trying to write a test for this. First I assert that the WorkAssignment#work_sent_date is blank for all work assignments. Then I try a "post :update" and I can't figure out how to pass in the work_sent_date value, which is a form field but not an attribute. What I want to do is something like.

test "setting work_sent_date in wf sets it in wa" do @workflow.work_assignments.each do |wa| assert wa.work_sent_date.blank? end get :edit, :id => @workflow.id assert_response :success post :update, :workflow => @workflow.attributes, :parameters => {'work_sent_date' => Date.today.to_s} @workflow.work_assignments.each do |wa| assert_equal(wa.work_sent_date, Date.today) end end

But that parameters field doesn't work. There's no error, but I keep getting failures because wa.work_sent_date is still nil, so it's not getting passed in correctly. How do I pass today's date in as an extra parameter?

(Or maybe there's a better way to do the whole thing, which I would gladly consider.)

I know this is complicated. I hope I explained it well. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I've googled to death and can't find anything.

Might I suggest that you look into RSpec with Capybara? More info in these screencasts: railscasts.com/episodes/… and railscasts.com/episodes/275-how-i-test?autoplay=true — Aurril
– Aurril, Commented Sep 28, 2011 at 19:21

Dan Barron · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-03 20:22:58Z

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Found my problem. Syntax way wrong. Here's what it should be. This works.

put :update, :id => @workflow.id, :workflow => @workflow.attributes, :work_sent_date => Date.today.to_s

answered Oct 3, 2011 at 20:22

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Catharz Over a year ago

Thanks, that's exactly what I was just looking for.

Dan Barron Over a year ago

Great, glad it helped, since I've received so much good help and info on this site.

Catharz · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-01 02:12:00Z

You can also refactor out the create and edit as follows:

protected def edit_workflow(workflow, options = {}) post :update, :id => workflow.id, :workflow => workflow.attributes.merge(options) end def create_workflow(options = {}) post :create, :workflow => {}.merge(options) end end

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