Rspec check for get / post error responses

Question

I am trying to check the HTTP GET error message and cannot find any information or examples of this

Expected error response:

{
  "success": false,
  "code": 400,
  "message": "ERROR: This is the specific error message"
}

This raises a "bad request", but how do you check the "message" in the body of the error response?

expect {get "<url that generates a bad request>"}.to raise_error(/400 Bad Request/)

Thanks in advance for your understanding!

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Xtalker 27 oct. 14 at 16:18

2 answers

Alexander karmes · Answer 1 · 2014-10-27T16:31:05+0000

The request returns a response, not an exception:

it 'returns 400 status' do
  get '/my_bad_url'
  expect(response.status).to eq 400
end

Also you can read the docs to better understand the controller specifications.

hahander · Answer 2 · 2014-10-27T17:06:10+0000

In addition to this:

it 'returns 400 status' do
  get '/my_bad_url'
  expect(response.status).to eq 400
end

You can write

expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["message"]).to eq("ERROR: This is the specific error message")

or without JSON.parse if you are generating html.