How to stub ApplicationController method in request spec

Question

I am needing to stub the response of a current_user method in an Rspec/capybara request spec. The method is defined in ApplicationController and is

Answer 1

For Rspec 3+ the new api is:

For a controller test, nice and short:

allow(controller).to receive(:current_user).and_return(@user)

Or for all instances of ApplicationController:

allow_any_instance_of(ApplicationController).to receive(:current_user).and_return(@user)