How to test text on rendered view?

Question

Here is my test:

require "rspec"

describe HomeController do
  render_views

  it "should renders the home" do
    get :home
    response.should render_template("home")
    response.should include_text("Simulate Circuits Online")
  end

end

but, I got:

1) HomeController should renders the home
     Failure/Error: response.should include_text("Some text to be test ..")
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `include_text' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0xd429a0c>
     # ./spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # (eval):6:in `block in fork'
     # (eval):6:in `fork'
     # (eval):6:in `fork'

So, what's the right way to test the text rendered?

EDIT If I try response.should have_content("My text ..")

I get

1) HomeController should renders the home
     Failure/Error: response.should have_content("My text ..")
       expected there to be text "My text .." in "#"
     # ./spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Answer 1

In your view template do you actually have the text you are checking for? The error seems to be that it couldn't actually find the text.

Also, try using response.should have_text.

Answer 2

Try this:

response.should have_content("Simulate Circuits Online")

Answer 3

You can also use the DOM element's attributes and content.

expect(page).to have_selector 'h1', :text => 'Your text here'

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