Unit testing in asp.net MVC, how do I mock a page request?

Question

How do I mock a page request for a .net MVC page?

Answer 1

Manually (because I hate Mocking frameworks that require 8 lines of setup per test)

// in some common location, only once
public class MockHttpContext : HttpContextBase
{
    public MockHttpRequest m_request = new MockHttpRequest();
    public MockHttpResponse m_response = new MockHttpResponse();

    public override HttpRequestBase Request
    { get { return m_request; } }

    public override HttpResponseBase Response
    { get { return m_response; } }
}

public class MockHttpRequest : HttpRequestBase
{
    // override whatever bits you want (eg cookies)
}

public class MockHttpResponse : HttpResponseBase
{
    // override whatever bits you want (eg cookies)
}

// in your specific test
controller = new YourController {
    ControllerContext = new ControllerContext { HttpContext = new MockHttpContext() }
};