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Ilya N. Zykin
Ilya N. Zykin

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Testing Rails root route

Now I need to test a root route in a Rails App

Step 1. Learning the routing file

File: config/routes.rb

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  root to: 'root#index'
end
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Step 2. Adding a test

File: spec/routing/root_spec.rb. This time I didn't use describe, only it.

root_path is a Rails routing helper that is equal to /.

require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Root Route', type: :routing do
  it 'leads to a correct controller and action' do
    get(root_path).should route_to("root#index")
  end

  it 'does not exist' do
    expect(post: root_path).not_to be_routable
  end
end
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Step 3. Running the spec

bundle exec rspec spec/routing/root_spec.rb --format documentation
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That is it!
Happy coding!

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