Rack REST RSpec

RSpec Matchers for REST Rack webservice

Install it yourself as:

$ gem install rack-rest-rspec

or

$ bundle add 'rack-rest-rspec'

Usage

Basic usage : install in your spec/spec_helper.rb or spec/prepare.rb

require 'rack-rest-rspec/prepare'

Basic usage : sample of spec matchers usage

Considering this API made with Sinatra :

class Application < Sinatra::Base


  before do
      content_type 'application/json'
  end

  get '/status' do
      status 208
      return {name: "Sample App", version: "0.0.1", status: 'OK'}.to_json
  end

  get '/embeded_status' do
      status 208
      return {code: 208, data: {name: "Sample App", version: "0.0.1", status: 'OK'}}.to_json
  end

  get '/collection' do
      return [{one: 1}, {two: 2}, {three: 3}].to_json
  end

  get '/embeded_collection' do
      return {code: 200, data: [{one: 1}, {two: 2}, {three: 3}]}.to_json
  end

end

You could test this with rack-rest-rspec :

describe 'Test REST API' do
  before :all do
    $service = RestService::new :service => Application
    $data = {name: "Sample App", version: "0.0.1", status: 'OK'}
    $collection = [{one: 1}, {two: 2}, {three: 3}]
  end

  subject { $service }
  context "GET /status : test for status" do
    it { expect(subject.get('/status')).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_status code: 208 }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_a_record }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with data: $data }
  end

  context "GET /embeded_status : test for status" do
    it { expect(subject.get('/embeded_status')).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_status code: 208 }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_a_record root: :data }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with data: $data, root: :data } 
  end
  

  context "GET /collection : test for Array" do
    it { expect(subject.get('/collection')).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_status code: 200 }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_a_collection_of_record }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_collection size: 3 }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with data: $collection }
  end


  context "GET /embeded_collection : test for Array" do
    it { expect(subject.get('/embeded_collection')).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_status code: 200 }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_a_collection_of_record root: :data}
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with_collection size: 3,root: :data }
    it { expect(subject).to respond_with data: $collection, root: :data }
  end
end

Output :

Test REST API
  GET /status : test for status
    is expected to be a valid HTTP verb request with a valid response return
    is expected to respond with status code equal to 208
    is expected to respond with a record (Hash)
    is expected to respond with corresponding data
  GET /embeded_status : test for status
    is expected to be a valid HTTP verb request with a valid response return
    is expected to respond with status code equal to 208
    is expected to respond with a record (Hash)
    is expected to respond with corresponding data
  GET /collection : test for Array
    is expected to be a valid HTTP verb request with a valid response return
    is expected to respond with status code equal to 200
    is expected to respond with a records collection (Array)
    is expected to respond with a collection of records size of 3
    is expected to respond with corresponding data
  GET /embeded_collection : test for Array
    is expected to be a valid HTTP verb request with a valid response return
    is expected to respond with status code equal to 200
    is expected to respond with a records collection (Array)
    is expected to respond with a collection of records size of 3
    is expected to respond with corresponding data

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Available matchers :

be_correctly_send

• check if return is HTTP valid

respond_with_a_collection_of_record

• params :
  • OPTIONAL[root: <:symbol>]
• goal : check if the return is a JSON Array, could be chroot with root:

respond_a_record

• params :
  • OPTIONAL[root: <:symbol>] :
• goal : check if the return is a JSON Hash, could be chroot with root:

respond_with_collection

• params :
  • size: Integer
  • OPTIONAL[root: <:symbol>]
• goal : check if the collection have the good size, could be chroot with root:

respond_with

• params :
  • data: Object
  • OPTIONAL[root: <:symbol>]
• goal : check if the return match the given object, could be chroot with root:

respond_with_status

• params :
  • code: Integer
• goal : check if the HTTP response code is the good.

More

Data dumper RestService#returned_data

You could, for debug your tests and during dev, dump your data with

describe 'Test REST API' do
  before :all do
    $service = RestService::new :service => Application
  end

  subject { $service }
  context "GET /data" do
    it { expect(subject.get('/data')).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { subject.returned_data }
  end
end

It display the returned data of API.

Fixtures getter

If you want to compare or inject data you could create fixture YAML files with :

describe 'Test REST API' do
  before :all do
    $service = RestService::new :service => Application
    $mydata = get_file 'spec/fixtures/mydata.yml'
  end

  subject { $service }
  context "POST /data : test" do
    it {  expect(subject.post('/data',$mydata.to_json)).to be_correctly_sent }
  end
end

Statefullies helpers

To be able to record ids of record, rack-rest-spec offer two helpers, to transit data from tests to tests.

describe 'Test REST API' do
  before :all do
    $service = RestService::new :service => Application
    $mydata = get_file 'spec/fixtures/mydata.yml'
  end

  subject { $service }
  context "POST /data : test" do
    it {  expect(subject.post('/data',$mydata.to_json)).to be_correctly_sent }
    it { memorize id: subject.returned_data[:id] }
  end

  context "GET /data/<id> : test" do
    it { expect(subject.get("/data#{retrieve(:id)}")).to be_correctly_sent }
    end
  end
end