How to test with RSpec if an email is delivered

Question

I\'d like to test if an email is delivered if I call a controller method with :post. I\'ll use email_spec so I tried this snipped here: http://rubydoc.info/gems/email_spec/1

Answer 1

To add a little more, make sure if you're going to stub out a call using should_receive that you have an integration test elsewhere testing that you're actually calling the method correctly.

I've been bit a few times by changing a method that was tested elsewhere with should_receive and having tests still pass when the method call was broken.

If you prefer to test the outcome rather than using should_receive, shoulda has a nice matcher that works like the following:

it { should have_sent_email.with_subject(/is spam$/) }

Shoulda documentation

More information on using Shoulda Matchers with rSpec