[rspec-users] Problem with Before Filters

[David Chelimsky]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Amit Kulkarni <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am writing controller specs.I want to know how can i write specs which
> invlove before filters in controllers.

Generally, before filters are part of the internal implementation and
don't warrant specification that knows about their existence. For
example, consider a controller action that should only be invoked by
an admin. The spec might look like this:

describe WidgetController do
  describe "POST create" do
    context "with an anonymous visitor" do
      it "redirects to login" do
        post :create, :widget => valid_widget_attributes
        response.should redirect_to(login_path)
      end
    end
    context "with an 'admin'" do
      it "redirects to the widget list" do
        login_as :admin
        post :create, :widget => valid_widget_attributes
        response.should redirect_to(widgets_path)
      end
    end
  end
end

Typically this authorization would be implemented in a before filter,
but, as you can see, there is no mention of before filters in the
spec.

HTH,
David