How to set request headers in rspec request spec?

Question

In the controller spec, I can set http accept header like this:

request.accept = \"application/json\"

but in the request spec, \"request\"

Answer 1

I have to set up headers separately

request.headers["Accept"] = "application/json"

Trying sending it via get/delete/.... is complete garbage in rails4 and causing pain in my head because it is never send as header but as parameter.

{"Accept" => "application/json"}

Answer 2

I used this in Test::Unit:

@request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = "*/*, application/youtube-client"
get :index

Answer 3

This is working for controller specs, not request specs:

request.headers["My Header"] = "something"

Answer 4

Your question was already answered but in case you want to POST something to another action you have to do this:

post :save, {format: :json, application: {param1: "test", param2: "test"}}