module Amber::Testing::ControllerHelpers

Overview

Provides helpers for testing individual controllers in isolation. Include this module in spec contexts where you want to build controller instances and make assertions about their responses.

include Amber::Testing::ControllerHelpers

describe MyController do
  it "returns the expected content" do
    controller = build_controller_context(MyController, :index)
    controller.index.should eq("expected content")
  end
end

Defined in:

Macro Summary

• build_controller(controller_class, action = :index, method = "GET", path = "/")

  Build a controller instance with a test context.

Instance Method Summary

• #assert_controller_content_type(controller : Amber::Controller::Base, type : String)

  Assert that the given controller's response has the expected Content-Type.

• #assert_controller_redirect_to(controller : Amber::Controller::Base, path : String)

  Assert that the given controller's response is a redirect to the expected path.

• #assert_controller_response(controller : Amber::Controller::Base, status : Int32)

  Assert that the given controller's response has the expected status code.

• #build_test_context(method : String = "GET", path : String = "/", headers : HTTP::Headers = HTTP::Headers.new, params : Hash(String, String) = {} of String => String) : HTTP::Server::Context

  Build a test context suitable for creating a controller.

Macro Detail

controller = build_controller(MyController, "GET", "/items")
controller.index.should eq("items list")

Instance Method Detail