Appending headers to Rspec controller tests

Question

I\'m trying to write out tests for a controller of mine that takes in requests from external services. So far this is my test:

describe ApplyController do
  cont         


        

Answer 1

Ok this is pretty silly of rspec.

Custom headers in Request Specs

headers = {
  'AUTH' => 'super secret key'
}

post '/api/some_action', { user_id: 1337 }.to_json, headers

And in your controller:

def some_action
  token = request.headers['AUTH']
end

Custom headers in Controller Specs

headers = {
  'AUTH' => 'super secret key'
}

post '/api/some_action', { user_id: 1337 }, headers

And in your controller:

def some_action
  token = request.headers['rack.session']['AUTH']
end

Just sharing the differences I had between the two. I don't believe I have any special configuration in rspec or rails to have the two different spec types' headers to be placed differently.