How to check for a JSON response using RSpec?

Question

I have the following code in my controller:

format.json { render :json => { 
        :flashcard  => @flashcard,
        :lesson     => @lesson,
             


        

Answer 1

Simple and easy to way to do this.

# set some variable on success like :success => true in your controller
controller.rb
render :json => {:success => true, :data => data} # on success

spec_controller.rb
parse_json = JSON(response.body)
parse_json["success"].should == true