Module: Aker::Rails::Test::Helpers

Includes:

Test::Helpers

Defined in:

lib/aker/rails/test/helpers.rb

Overview

Helpers for common test tasks.

To use these helpers with a Rails application using RSpec:

# spec/spec_helper.rb
Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
  config.include Aker::Rails::Test::Helpers
  ...
end

Instance Method Summary

• #login_as(user) ⇒ Object

  Logs in a user.

Instance Method Details

#login_as(user) ⇒ Object

Logs in a user.

Users can be identified by:

• their username

• building a ‘Aker::User` instance representing that user

• the return value of

  Aker.authority.valid_credentials?(:user, username, password)
  

  (which is a ‘Aker::User`)

Parameters:

• user (String, Aker::User) —

  a user’s username or ‘Aker::User` object

# File 'lib/aker/rails/test/helpers.rb', line 30

def login_as(user)
  request.env.merge!(login_env(user))
end