Rails + rspec + devise = undefined method `authenticate_user!'

Question

ApplicationController:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :authenticate_user!

  protect_from_forgery
end

DashboardsController:

class DashboardsController < ApplicationController
  def index
  end

end

DashboardsControllerSpec:

require 'spec_helper'
describe DashboardsController do
  include Devise::TestHelpers

  describe "GET 'index'" do
    it "returns http success" do
      get 'index'
      response.should be_success
    end
  end
end

Result:

Failure/Error: get 'index'
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `authenticate_user!' for #<DashboardsController:0x007fef81f2efb8>

Rails version: 3.1.3

Rspec version: 2.8.0

Devise version: 1.5.3

Note: I also created support/deviser.rb file but that does not help. Any ideas?

The devise Wiki provides a few different ways to integrate devise with rspec. — ezkl
– ezkl, Commented Jan 11, 2012 at 12:40

AnkitG · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-30 17:18:05Z

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require 'spec_helper'
describe DashboardsController do
  before { controller.stub(:authenticate_user!).and_return true }
  describe "GET 'index'" do
    it "returns http success" do
      get 'index'
      response.should be_success
    end
  end
end

Update:

Using above syntax with latest rspec will give below warning

Using `stub` from rspec-mocks' old `:should` syntax without explicitly enabling the syntax is deprecated. Use the new `:expect` syntax or explicitly enable `:should` instead. Called from  `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'.

Use this new syntax

  before do
     allow(controller).to receive(:authenticate_user!).and_return(true)
   end

edited Mar 30, 2015 at 17:18

AnkitG

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answered Jan 11, 2012 at 12:45

Mikhail Nikalyukin

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evanrmurphy Over a year ago

I found the controller.stub(:authenticate_user!).and_return true line very helpful. However, the include Devise::TestHelpers line is unnecessary and misleading. No methods from Devise::TestHelpers are used here, and one reason to stub authenticate_user! in the first place is to avoid a coupling with Devise's machinery.

Mikhail Nikalyukin Over a year ago

@evanrmurphy yeap, you are compeltely right, dunno what this include doing in my answer, i will remove it :)

Bob Roberts Over a year ago

OMG, thank you for this. I tried everything and nothing was working. This is the easiest and fastest solution!

Jim Stewart · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 05:17:16Z

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Is your model name something other than User? If it's e.g. Admin, then you need to change your filter to:

before_filter :authenticate_admin!

This bit me for a while; I started with User as my model, and later decided to add Devise to a model named Member instead, but I left the original :authenticate_user! in my controller and kept getting that error when running RSpec.

edited Mar 9, 2012 at 5:17

answered Mar 9, 2012 at 5:11

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zkwentz · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 17:39:28Z

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Looks like the best way to do this is the following in your spec_helper.rb file:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
end

See the rspec wiki for more details.

answered Jul 5, 2013 at 17:39

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Loren · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-20 03:59:12Z

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In my case I had forgotten that I commented out the devise_for line in my routes.rb file.

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 3:59

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