mocking Twitter4R in RSpec

twitter4r_mock_spec.rb

before(:each) do
	Twitter::Client.send :public, :create_http_get_request

	@client = Twitter::Client.new
	@client_clone = Twitter::Client.new
end

it "produces a querystring with all the crazy stuff Twitter imagined" do
	the_params = nil

	@client.should_receive(:create_http_get_request).and_return {|uri, params|
		the_params = params
		@client_clone.create_http_get_request(uri, params)
	}
	@client.should_receive(:http_connect).and_return Net::HTTPNotFound.mock(:code => '404')

	#	pass through a few we can pick back out
	#	also, side-effect ... nil on invalid response
	@client.search('query_value', :rpp => 3).should be_nil

	the_params.should_not be_nil
	the_params[:q].should eql('query_value')
	the_params[:rpp].should eql(3)
end