How to unit-test an MVC controller action which depends on authentication in c#?

Question

I'd like to write (in c#) a unit-test for an MVC controller action which might return one view or the other, depending on whether the request is authenticated. How can this be done?

Answer 1

You can mock your Request. Something like this (Moq using):

var request = new Mock<HttpRequestBase>(); request.SetupGet(x => x.IsAuthenticated).Returns(true); // or false  var context = new Mock<HttpContextBase>(); context.SetupGet(x => x.Request).Returns(request.Object);  var controller = new YourController(); controller.ControllerContext =         new ControllerContext(context.Object, new RouteData(), controller);  // test  ViewResult viewResult = (ViewResult)controller.SomeAction();  Assert.True(viewResult.ViewName == "ViewForAuthenticatedRequest");