Rails/Rspec Make tests pass with http basic authentication

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Here my http basic authentication in the application controller file (application_controller.rb)

before_filter :authenticate

protected

def authenticate
  authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
    username == "username" && password == "password"  
  end
end

and the default test for the index action of my home controller (spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb)

require 'spec_helper'

describe HomeController do

describe "GET 'index'" do
  it "should be successful" do
    get 'index'
    response.should be_success
  end
end

Test doesn't run because of the authentication method. I could comment "before_filter :authenticate" to run them but I would like to know if there is way to make them worked with the method.

Thank you!

rspec ruby-on-rails http-authentication
7 Answers

For me, with Rails 6, I need keyword arguments for rspec get method like .. get route, params: params, headers: headers

Auth Helper method

module AuthHelper
  def headers(options = {})
    user = ENV['BASIC_AUTH_USER']
    pw = ENV['BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD']

    { HTTP_AUTHORIZATION: ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(user,pw) }
  end
  def auth_get(route, params = {})
    get route, params: params, headers: headers
  end
end

and the rspec request test.

describe HomeController, type: :request do    
  include AuthHelper

  describe "GET 'index'" do
    it "should be successful" do
      auth_get 'index'
      expect(response).to be_successful
    end
  end

end
user_2676930

My solution:

stub_request(method, url).with(
  headers: { 'Authorization' => /Basic */ }
).to_return(
  status: status, body: 'stubbed response', headers: {}
)

Use gem webmock

you can tighten verification by change:

/Basic */ -> "Basic #{Base64.strict_encode64([user,pass].join(':')).chomp}"

URL - can be a regular expression

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