"Real HTTP connections are disabled" error when trying test OmniAuth with RSpec
rspec, ruby, ruby-on-rails
Solution
As dfedde implies, WebMock blocks HTTP requests in integration tests, but you can either stub the request or call `WebMock.allow_net_connect!` to configure the tests to run as normal. Check out Trying to get selenium working in rails 3 - "WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError" or https://github.com/bblimke/webmock for details.
Problem
I've been trying to test OmniAuth with RSpec, but yet it have not worked. In `spec_helper.rb` ``` OmniAuth.config.test_mode = true OmniAuth.config.add_mock(:twitter, {:uid => '12345'}) ``` and in `spec/requests/static_pages_spec.rb` ``` describe "for signed-in users" do before do visit "auth/twitter" end it { should have_content("Log out") } end ``` And I get following error. ``` Failure/Error: visit "auth/twitter" ActionView::Template::Error: Real HTTP connections are disabled. Unregistered request: ``` According to the official document a request to `auth/twitter` should be redirect to `auth/twitter/callback`. Why does it try to have HTTP connection? I've read following web pages and questions, but I couldn't find why the test failed. http://blog.zerosum.org/2011/03/19/easy-rails-outh-integration-testing.html https://github.com/intridea/omniauth/wiki/Integration-Testing omniauth-facebook and testing with rspec http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2010/12/acceptance-tests-for-omniauth/