How to upload a file in a Rails Rspec request spec

Question

I want to test uploading a file in a Rails Rspec request test. I\'m using Paperclip for asset storage.

I\'ve tried:

path = \'path/to/fixture_file\'
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Answer 1

In rails_helper.rb do

include ActionDispatch::TestProcess
include Rack::Test::Methods

Then you have few options. 1. You can use fixture_file_upload helper

  let(:file) { fixture_file_upload('files/image.jpg') }
  it 'it should work' do
    post some_path, params: { uploads: { file: file } }
  end

2. You can use Uploaded file but you have to give full path

  let(:file) { Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(Rails.root.join('spec',
  'fixtures', 'blank.jpg'), 'image/jpg') }
  let(:params) { { attachment: file, variant_ids: ['', product.master.id] } }
  let(:action) { post :create, product_id: product.slug, image: params }