Description

The ActiveTest Authentication is an example, but fully functional, plugin for the ActiveTest::Controller subject. It gives you the ability to test that a controller’s action requires a user to be logged in.

It provides two behaviours (requires_login_on and accepts_login_on), two helper methods (login_as and logout), and two assertions (assert_requires_login and assert_accepts_login).

It assumes the following:

• You are using some variant of Acts As Authenticated (AAA).
• You have a users fixture.
• You are using a User model for your users.
• +@controller.current_user+ is set to a User object.
• +@controller.current_user+ is the proof of being logged in (as per AAA).

Example

  class SomeControllerTest < ActiveTest::Controller

    setup

    def setup
      login_as :admin
    end

    requires_login_on :index
    accepts_login_on :index

  end