How to write an RSpec test for a simple PUT update?

Question

I\'m trying to solidify my understanding of rails and the BDD workflow, so I wanted to start small by creating one of those mini-blogs, but with rspec. Right now I have an A

Answer 1

When you are doing a PUT :update remember that you are editing an existing model, which you need to call in the put. Just pass your @article and update the attributes as follows.

describe "PUT 'update/:id'" do
  it "allows an article to be updated" do
    put :update, :id => @article.id, :article => @article.attributes = { :title => "new title", :content => "new content" }
    response.should be_successful
  end
end