gistfile1.txt

2.0.0p247 :001 > g = Group.first
  Group Load (1.6ms)  SELECT "groups".* FROM "groups" ORDER BY "groups"."id" ASC LIMIT 1
 => #<Group id: 1, name: "coope", created_at: "2013-12-06 17:37:56", updated_at: "2013-12-06 17:37:56"> 
2.0.0p247 :002 > g.as_json
 => {"id"=>1, "name"=>"coope", "created_at"=>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 17:37:56 UTC +00:00, "updated_at"=>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 17:37:56 UTC +00:00} 

gistfile2.txt

1) Api::V1::GroupsController Authenticated user Group admin user GET #index returns an array of groups where user is admin
     Failure/Error: expect(api_response.body).to eq([group.to_json])
       
       expected: ["{\"id\":1061,\"name\":\"My group\",\"created_at\":\"2014-01-11T23:17:45.873Z\",\"updated_at\":\"2014-01-11T23:17:45.873Z\"}"]
            got: "[{\"id\":1061,\"name\":\"My group\",\"created_at\":\"2014-01-11T23:17:45.873Z\",\"updated_at\":\"2014-01-11T23:17:45.873Z\"}]"
       
       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb:168:in `block (5 levels) in <top (required)>'

gistfile3.diff

diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
index 698d4e7..f36eacc 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'returns an array of groups where user is admin' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq([group.as_json])
+          expect(api_response.body).to eq("[#{group.to_json}]")
         end
       end
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'returns the group details' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq(group.as_json)
+          expect(api_response.body).to eq(group.to_json)
         end
       end
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'deletes the group' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq(group.as_json)
+          expect(api_response.body).to eq(group.to_json)
         end
       end
     end

gistfile4.diff

diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
index 698d4e7..97dd994 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'returns an array of groups where user is admin' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq([group.as_json])
+          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq([JSON.parse(group.to_json)])
         end
       end
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'returns the group details' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq(group.as_json)
+          expect(api_response.body).to eq(group.to_json)
         end
       end
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe Api::V1::GroupsController do
 
         it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
         it 'deletes the group' do
-          expect(JSON.parse(api_response.body)).to eq(group.as_json)
+          expect(api_response.body).to eq(group.to_json)
         end
       end
     end