Rspec error: undefined local variable or method `cookies' for #<RSpec in the model for Sign_in method

Question

I don\'t use any gem for authentication in my app...so my sign_in method looks like this

def sign_in(user)
 remember_token = User.new_remember_token
 cookies[:r         


        

Answer 1

The cookies hash is only available in RSpec's controller tests. You can tell your specs to pretend that they're controller specs by adding type: :request to your context, like so:

describe 'something that requires cookies', type: :request do
   it { expect(cookies[:remember_token]).to be_nil } // now the variable is defined as nil.
end

That said, needing your models to know about signing in surprises me. That kind of cross-scope testing usually belongs in a feature.