I'm trying to DRY up rspec tests that keeps on declaring let(:createBody) do...end
. I thought to take out the let
statement and just modify the variable on each block as needed. However the variable (createBody
) is not accessible. Added a comment on sample code below to see exactly where I want to modify createBody
.
post "Creates object", controller_action: :create do
...
let(:createBody) do
{
name: "yes",
type: "my_type",
amount_cents: 200,
parameters: {
day: "today"
},
user_group_ids: [],
user_ids: []
}
end
# no users or groups
response 201, "object created" do
...
run_test! do |res|
# this block works fine and can access createBody
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
expect(body["name"]).to eq(createBody[:name])
expect(body["amount_cents"]).to eq(createBody[:amount_cents])
expect(body["type"]).to eq(createBody[:type])
end
end
# with users
response 201, "autocharge rule created" do
...
# want to make some modifications on createBody here, like adding user_ids, but it is out of scope
run_test! do |res|
# this block works fine and can access createBody
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
expect(body["user_ids"]).to match_array(createBody[:user_ids])
end
end
...
end
Is there a way to achieve this approach? Are there any alternatives?
I assume response
block works in the same way as context
post "Creates object", controller_action: :create do
let(:createBody) do
{
name: "yes",
type: "my_type",
amount_cents: 200,
parameters: {
day: "today"
},
user_group_ids: [],
user_ids: user_ids # now we can add a let(:user_ids) to each context
}
end
response 201, "object created" do
let(:user_ids) { [] } # empty since we're not using it here
...
run_test! do |res|
# this block works fine and can access createBody
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
expect(body["name"]).to eq(createBody[:name])
expect(body["amount_cents"]).to eq(createBody[:amount_cents])
expect(body["type"]).to eq(createBody[:type])
end
end
# with users
response 201, "autocharge rule created" do
let(:user_ids) { [1, 2, 3] } # add required ids
...
run_test! do |res|
# this block works fine and can access createBody
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
expect(body["user_ids"]).to match_array(createBody[:user_ids]) # we can match by user_ids now
end
end
...
end