RSpec in Rails: How to skip a before_filter?

Question

I am trying to test my controller and maintain separation of concerns. The first concern is "Who is able to execute which action?" I am using authlogic for authentication and be9's acl9 for authorization. But this should not matter, all my authorization concerns are handled in a `before_filter`. I am testing such a `before_filter` by something similar to this: ``` describe SomeModelsController, "GET to index (authorization)" do before(:each) do @siteadmin = mock_model(User) @siteadmin.stub!(:has_role?).with("siteadmin", nil).and_return(true) end it "should grant access to a siteadmin" do controller.should_receive(:current_user).at_least(:once).and_return(@siteadmin) get :index response.should be_success end end ``` This spec is working just fine! Now, the second concern is "Does the action do what it is supposed to do?" This does not involve checking authorization. The best/cleanest solution would be skipping that `before_filter` all together and just do something like: ``` describe S…

Accepted Answer

To skip the before filter:

```
controller.class.skip_before_filter :name_of_method_used_as_before_filter
```

The one caveat (mentioned the docs) is that this will only work for method-reference filters, not procs.

Alternatively, you could stub `current_user.has_role?`

```
describe SomeModelsController, "GET to index (functional)" do
  before(:each) do
    controller.current_user.stub!(:has_role?).and_return(true)
  end

it "should find all Models" do
    Model.should_receive(:find).with(:all)
  end
end
```

RSpec in Rails: How to skip a before_filter?

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