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How to test that a new record in the controller has an attribute

I know I can use assigns to see if instance variables are assigned to something, but how do I test that another property has been set?

class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def new
     @user = User.new
     @user.name = "Tom Lehrer"
  end
end

describe UsersController do
  it "assigns a user" do
    get :new
    expect(assigns(:user)).to be_a_new(User)
  end

  it "sets the new users name" do
    # ??
  end
end
Solution

  • You can just test against assigns(:user):

    expect(assigns(:user).name).to eq("Expected Name")