Faster tests: sign in through the back door

December 14, 2012 dancroak ruby on rails testing clearance capybara Faster tests: sign in through the back door One way to make tests faster is to avoid loading and submitting the sign in form during the setup phase . This back door inserts Rack middleware into a Rails app that uses Clearance : # config/environments/test.rb class ClearanceBackDoor def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env) @env = env sign_in_through_the_back_door @app.call(@env) end private def sign_in_through_the_back_door if user_id = params['as'] user = User.find(user_id) @env[:clearance].sign_in(user) end end def params Rack::Utils.parse_query(@env['QUERY_STRING']) end end MyRailsApp::Application.configure do # ... config.middleware.use ClearanceBackDoor # ... end Then, include a user in an as parameter in integration tests: visit root_path(as: user) It works for any URL: visit new_feedback_path(...

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@pat_shaughnessy » 19 Dec '12, 3pm
An interesting tip from @thoughtbot - probably would in many situations: "Faster tests: sign in through the back door" [link]
@treyconnell » 15 Dec '12, 11pm
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@nothing_box » 15 Dec '12, 8am
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@thoughtbot » 14 Dec '12, 11pm
Faster tests: sign in through the back door [link]