Minitest::AnonymousController

A primitive anonymous controller in Minitest.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'minitest-anonymous_controller'

The typical use-cases for anonymous controllers are to test filters defined in a base (sort of abstract) controller.

ApplicationController

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :require_login

  ...

  private

  def require_login # <= Assume if you want to test this filter
    redirect_to login_url, alert: 'Please login first' unless logged_in?
  end

  ...

end

ApplicationControllerTest

require 'test_helper'

class ApplicationControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  ApplicationController.insert_dummy_action # <= Insert dummy action to the controller

  test 'should redirect someone without logging in to login page' do
    get dummy_action_url # <= Now you can test the filter via the dummy action
    assert_equal 'Please login first', flash[:alert]
    assert_redirected_to root_url
  end

  ...

end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/5t111111/minitest-anonymous_controller.

http://stackoverflow.com/a/26604833