How to test controller with Rspec - #show action

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I have a Batch model that `belongs_to` a User. User should only see their own Batches instances. For the `index` action, here is what I did: `Batch#index` ``` context "GET index" do it "should get only users batches" do FactoryGirl.create(:batch) batch = FactoryGirl.create(:batch) batch2 = FactoryGirl.create(:batch) subject.current_user.batches << batch get "index" assigns(:batches).should == subject.current_user.batches assigns(:batches).should_not include(batch2) end end ``` For the `create` action, here is what I did: `Batch#create` ``` context "POST create" do it "should save a users batch into current_user" do batch = subject.current_user.batches.build(name: 'bla') put :create, batch subject.current_user.batches.should include(batch) end it "should save a batch from other user into current_user" do batch = subject.current_user.batches.build(name: 'bla') batch2 = FactoryGirl.create(:batch) put :create, batch subject.current_user.batches.should_not include(batch2) end end ``` Howev…

Accepted Answer

The first failure, "should not show batches from other users," looks like it might reflect an actual problem in your controller. Did you also test this in the browser to confirm the problem is in your test and not in the actual code?

On the other test, I'm not quite sure what the problem is exactly, but I would probably build the batch like this instead:

```
batch = FactoryGirl.create(:batch, user: subject.current_user)
```

Give that a try and see if it doesn't resolve it.

How to test controller with Rspec - #show action

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