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

For anyone coming late to this question, it is answered on the Relish site.

require "spec_helper"

describe "items/search.html.haml" do
  before do
    controller.singleton_class.class_eval do
      protected
      def current_user
        FactoryGirl.build_stubbed(:merchant)
      end
      helper_method :current_user
    end
  end

  it "renders the not found message when @items is empty" do
    render

    expect(
      rendered
    ).to match("Sorry, we can't find any items matching "".")
  end
end