How do i set a request.referrer inside my RSpec?

Question

I am trying to avoid using my session[:referred_by], and would like to use the request.referrer. However, my RSpec tests fail because the TestRequest does not store a request.referrer

So I have to do the following in order for Rspec tests to work. Is there a way to make it better:

referrer = request.referrer ? request.referrer : '/' redirect_to referrer, :alert => error_message 

Answer 1

ActionDispatch::TestRequest extends ActionDispatch::Request that extends Rack::Request.

The method is defined as follows

def referer   @env['HTTP_REFERER'] end alias referrer referer 

As far as I remember, you can access the environment variable in the RSpec test by using request.env. It means, it should be possible to set something like

request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] = 'http://example.com' 

Of course, it depends on the type of RSpec example group you are using.