On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Andrew Premdas <aprem...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I can confirm that I'm logged in, that the user is who I say he is, etc. > > e.g > > Then /^I should be logged in$/ do > controller.logged_in?.should be_true > end > > makes sense?
I know why you're doing it, but I just want to know *why* you're doing it? Can you not tell through the application itself that someone is logged in, logged out, and verify their identity without having to expose the internals? > > 2008/12/16 Zach Dennis <zach.den...@gmail.com> >> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Andrew Premdas <aprem...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Doing this for Restful-Authentication I add the following in >> > features/support/env.rb >> > >> > # Make visible for testing >> > ApplicationController.send(:public, :logged_in?, :current_user, >> > :authorized?) >> >> Why do you need these available for cucumber scenarios? >> >> >> > >> > Hopefully something similar will work with Authlogic >> > >> > Andrew >> > >> > 2008/12/16 James Byrne <li...@ruby-forum.com> >> >> >> >> I am working with the authlogic gem and trying to create a simple login >> >> test from cucumber features. The feature statement is: >> >> >> >> Given the user is not logged in >> >> >> >> The step definition for this is confounding me. In the >> >> application_controller the authlogic tutorial recommends the following: >> >> >> >> private >> >> def require_user >> >> unless current_user >> >> store_location >> >> flash[:notice] = "You must sign in to access this page" >> >> redirect_to new_user_session_url >> >> return false >> >> end >> >> end >> >> >> >> def require_no_user >> >> if current_user >> >> store_location >> >> flash[:notice] = "You must be logged out to access this page" >> >> redirect_to account_url >> >> return false >> >> end >> >> >> >> As these are private methods they are not directly accessible from the >> >> step definitions and I am at a loss as to how to proceed. I could >> >> augment the application controller with a public user_authenticated >> >> method: >> >> >> >> def user_authenticated >> >> return true if current_user >> >> false >> >> end >> >> >> >> But it seems wrong to alter the application code for no other purpose >> >> than to ease testing. Is there another approach that I should be >> >> using? >> >> -- >> >> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> rspec-users mailing list >> >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > rspec-users mailing list >> > rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Zach Dennis >> http://www.continuousthinking.com >> http://www.mutuallyhuman.com >> _______________________________________________ >> rspec-users mailing list >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > -- Zach Dennis http://www.continuousthinking.com http://www.mutuallyhuman.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
