Rspec test if a session variable was set in a controller action

Question

I have an rspec test that posts to an action. In the action, a session variable is definitely set, however in my controller test, the session hash is empty. How do I check in an Rspec test to see if the controller set the session variable to the right value?

Answer 1

You can access session directly in rspec like this: session[:key]. Just compare that with the value you want.

Answer 2

See this. The main problem is that the variable session is not accessible from the test code. To solve it, add the fowling lines at spec/spec_helper.rb:

def session
  last_request.env['rack.session']
end