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What's the best way to write Resque-related specs in RSpec?

What's the best way to write Resque-related specs in RSpec without stubbing the former?

We currently use the following helper:

@dir = File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__))

def start_redis
  `redis-server #{@dir}/redis-test.conf`
  Resque.redis = "localhost:9736"
end

def stop_redis
  `rm -f #{@dir}/dump.rdb`
  pid = `ps -A -o pid,command | grep [r]edis-test`.split(" ")[0]
  Process.kill("KILL", pid.to_i)
end

Rspec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:suite) do
    start_redis
  end

  config.after(:suite) do
    stop_redis
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    Resque.redis.flushall
  end
end

Heavily borrowing from Resque's own test helper, this works fine but spews out an annoying zsh: killed rake when the entire spec suite is run through rake.

Solution

  • Here's resque's recommendation for how best to run Redis processes in your specs:

    https://github.com/resque/resque/wiki/RSpec-and-Resque