How do I simulate a login with RSpec?

Question

I have been playing with Rails for a couple of years now and have produced a couple of passable apps that are in production. I\'ve always avoided doing any testing though an

Answer 1

As I couldn't make @Brandan's answer work, but based on it and on this post, I've came to this solution:

# spec/support/rails_helper.rb
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f } # Add this at top of file

...

include ControllerMacros # Add at bottom of file

And

# spec/support/controller_macros.rb
module ControllerMacros

  def login_as_admin
    admin = FactoryGirl.create(:user_admin)
    login_as(admin)
  end

  def login_as(user)
    request.session[:user_id] = user.id
  end

end

Then on your tests you can use:

it "works" do
  login_as(FactoryGirl.create(:user))
  expect(request.session[:user_id]).not_to be_nil
end