[rspec-users] How to set cookies before request spec?

[George Dinwiddie]

Meltemi,

On 2/15/12 9:36 PM, Meltemi wrote:
> I can't seem to figure out how to set a cookie for a Request spec? Tried:
>
> before(:each) do
> @user = Fabricate(:user)
> request.cookies[:id_token] = @user.id
> end
>
> but that gives a NoMethodError errors: undefined method `cookies' for
> nil:NilClass

In that snippit, "request" has not been constructed and therefore is nil.

  - George

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