How do I set HTTP_REFERER when testing in Rails?
Their recommendation translates to the following:
setup do
@request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] = 'http://test.com/sessions/new'
post :create, { :user => { :email => 'invalid@abc' } }
end
The accepted answer doesn't work for integration tests because the @request
variable doesn't exist.
According to RailsGuides, you can pass headers to the helpers.
Rails <= 4:
test "blah" do
get root_path, {}, {'HTTP_REFERER' => 'http://foo.com'}
...
end
Rails >= 5:
test "blah" do
get root_path, params: { id: 12 }, headers: { "HTTP_REFERER" => "http://foo.com" }
...
end
In response to the question:
Why doesn't this work:
setup { post :create, { :user => { :email => 'invalid@abc' } },
{ 'referer' => '/sessions/new' } }
It doesn't work because the Rails doc you linked to documents a different class than the one you're probably using.
You linked to ActionController::Integration:Session
. I'm guessing that you're writing a functional test (if you're using Test::Unit) or a controller test (if you're using Rspec). Either way, you're probably using ActionController::TestCase
or a subclass thereof. Which, in turn, includes the module ActionController::TestProcess
.
ActionController::TestProcess
provides a get
method with different parameters than the get
method provided by ActionController::Integration:Session
. (Annoying, eh?) The method signature is this:
def get(action, parameters = nil, session = nil, flash = nil)
Sadly, there is no headers parameter. But at least setting @request.env['HTTP_REFERER']
works.
In Rails3 I got the same error:
To get rid of this in corresponding controller provided rescue for "redirect_to :back"
Example: redirect_to :back rescue redirect_to required_path