How to mock request object for rspec helper tests?
You have to prepend the helper method with 'helper':
describe ApplicationHelper do it "should prepend subdomain to host" do helper.root_with_subdomain("test").should = "test.xxxx:xxxx" endendAdditionally to test behavior for different request options, you can access the request object throught the controller:
describe ApplicationHelper do it "should prepend subdomain to host" do controller.request.host = 'www.domain.com' helper.root_with_subdomain("test").should = "test.xxxx:xxxx" endend
This isn't a complete answer to your question, but for the record, you can mock a request using ActionController::TestRequest.new(). Something like:
describe ApplicationHelper do it "should prepend subdomain to host" do test_domain = 'xxxx:xxxx' controller.request = ActionController::TestRequest.new(:host => test_domain) helper.root_with_subdomain("test").should = "test.#{test_domain}" endend
I had a similar problem, i found this solution to work:
before(:each) do helper.request.host = "yourhostandorport"end