How to do integration testing with RSpec and Devise/CanCan?

Question

If I have a Devise model User, of which only those users with role :admin are allowed to view a certain url, how can I write an RSpec integration test to check that the stat

Answer 1

I used a slightly different approach, using the Warden::Test::Helpers.

In my spec/support/macros.rb I added:

module RequestMacros
  include Warden::Test::Helpers

  # for use in request specs
  def sign_in_as_a_user
    @user ||= FactoryGirl.create :confirmed_user
    login_as @user
  end
end

And then included that in RSpec's config in spec_helper.rb:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include RequestMacros, :type => :request
end

And then in the request specs themselves:

describe "index" do
  it "redirects to home page" do
    sign_in_as_a_user 
    visit "/url"
    page.should_not have_content 'content'
  end
end

In contrast to the post_via_redirect user_session_path method, this actually works and allows me to use current_user in before_filters, for example.