RSpec and the Basecamp API

[desaperados]

I realise that this is kind of a basic question but I'm new to rspec and still trying to work out how to do things. I'm working on a rails project that requires basecamp integration via the api, which is fairly trivial to use via the basecamp.rb wrapper:

Connection:
basecamp = Basecamp.new(APP_CONFIG['api_host'], APP_CONFIG['api_username'], APP_CONFIG['api_pwd'])

And to retrieve a list of Projects:
puts "Projects: #{basecamp.projects}"

I know how to make this work in the model, I'm just having trouble working out how to create a usable mock for this in rspec. I can't work out to mock 'basecamp.projects' with an object which can then be used in the tests.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm just a bit stuck with it.

 

[James Deville]

basecamp = mock("basecamp api",;projects => <<whatever you expect to  
get from the projects call>>)
Basecamp.stub!(:new).and_return(basecamp)

So for the projects one, you could return an array, or a bunch of  
mocks, or a string. Just make it match how the Basecamp API is behaving.


On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:31 AM, desaperados wrote:

>
> I realise that this is kind of a basic question but I'm new to rspec  
> and
> still trying to work out how to do things. I'm working on a rails  
> project
> that requires basecamp integration via the api, which is fairly  
> trivial to
> use via the basecamp.rb wrapper:
>
> Connection:
> basecamp = Basecamp.new(APP_CONFIG['api_host'],  
> APP_CONFIG['api_username'],
> APP_CONFIG['api_pwd'])
>
> And to retrieve a list of Projects:
> puts "Projects: #{basecamp.projects}"
>
> I know how to make this work in the model, I'm just having trouble  
> working
> out how to create a usable mock for this in rspec. I can't work out  
> to mock
> 'basecamp.projects' with an object which can then be used in the  
> tests.
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm just a bit stuck with it.
>
>
>
>
>
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