Installing

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1) Add:

 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
to the top of /spec/spec_helper.rb

2) Add:

 config.gem "niessner-rspec_controller_macros"
to your environment.rb inside the Initializer.run block

Usage

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Register roles by adding code similar to the following in the configure block of your spec/spec_helper.rb

Rspec::UserRoles.register(:visitor) nil Rspec::UserRoles.register(:user) User.new

Rspec::UserRoles.register(:admin) do

user = User.new
user.admin = true
user

end

You can write specs that work similar to what’s below.

describe Admin::ArticlesController do

describe "get index" do
  as_a(:visitor) {it_should_redirect_to {new_session_path}}
  as_a(:user) {it_should_render_template.permission_denied}

  as_an :admin do
    before do
      @articles = [Article.new, Article.new]
      stub(Article).find(:all) {@articles}
    end

    it_should_render_view Admin::Articles::Index
    it_should_render_layout Layouts::Admin
    it_should_set_rendered_view.articles.to {@articles}
  end
end

describe "post create" do
  as_a(:visitor) {it_should_redirect_to {new_session_path}}
  as_a(:user) {it_should_render_template.permission_denied}

  as_an :admin do
    before {stub(Article).create!("title" => "Title", "body" => "Body")}
    post :article => {:title => "Title", :body => "Body"}

    it "should call finishing_editing" do
      response.should have_text("finish_editing(null);")
    end
  end
end

describe "post update" do
  as_a(:visitor) {it_should_redirect_to {new_session_path}}
  as_a(:user) {it_should_render_template.permission_denied}

  as_an :admin do
    before(:each) do
      article = Article.new
      strong.stub(Article).find("5") {article}
      strong.stub(Article).find(:all) {[]}
      strong.stub(article).update_attributes!("title" => "Title", "body" => "Body")
    end

    post :id => 5, :article => {:title => "Title", :body => "Body"}

    it "should call finishing_editing" do
      response.should have_text("finish_editing(null);")
    end
  end
end

describe "post publish" do
  as_a(:visitor) {it_should_redirect_to {new_session_path}}
  as_a(:user) {it_should_render_template.permission_denied}

  as_an :admin do
    before(:each) do
      @article = Article.new
      strong.stub(@article).publish!
      strong.stub(Article).find("5") {@article}
      strong.stub(Article).find(:all) {[]}
    end

    post :id => 5

    it "should publish the article" do
      verify_invocation of_spy(@article).publish!
    end
  end
end

describe "post destroy" do
  as_a(:visitor) {it_should_redirect_to {new_session_path}}
  as_a(:user) {it_should_render_template.permission_denied}

  as_an :admin do
    before(:each) do
      @article = Article.new
      strong.stub(@article).destroy
      strong.stub(Article).find("5") {@article}
      strong.stub(Article).find(:all) {[]}
    end

    post :id => 5

    it "should destroy the article" do
      verify_invocation of_spy(@article).destroy
    end
  end
end

end