How to call an app helper method from an RSpec test in Rails?

Question

The title is self explanatory.

Everything I\'ve tried led to a \"undefined method\".

To clarify, I am not trying to test a helper method. I am trying to use a he

Answer 1

You just need to include the relevant helper module in your test to make the methods available:

describe "foo" do
  include ActionView::Helpers

  it "does something with a helper method" do
    # use any helper methods here

It's really as simple as that.