Example Rails API test

Example Rails API test.rb

describe 'Tasks API' do

  before :each do
    FactoryGirl.create :project
    Project.last.integrations << Integration.last
  end

  # GET /tasks/:id
  it 'should return a single task' do
    api_get "tasks/#{Task.last.id}", {token: Integration.last.user.api_key.token}
    response.status.should == 200

    project = JSON.parse(response.body)
    project['id'].should == Task.last.id
    project['project_id'].should == Task.last.project_id
    project['source_name'].should == Task.last.source_name
    project['source_identifier'].should == Task.last.source_identifier
    project['current_state'].should == Task.last.current_state
    project['story_type'].should == Task.last.story_type
    project['current_task'].should == Task.last.current_task
    project['name'].should == Task.last.name
  end

end


################## API HELPER #########################

def api_get action, params={}, version="1"
  get "/api/v#{version}/#{action}", params
  JSON.parse(response.body) rescue {}
end

def api_post action, params={}, version="1"
  post "/api/v#{version}/#{action}", params
  JSON.parse(response.body) rescue {}
end

def api_delete action, params={}, version="1"
  delete "/api/v#{version}/#{action}", params
  JSON.parse(response.body) rescue {}
end

def api_put action, params={}, version="1"
  put "/api/v#{version}/#{action}", params
  JSON.parse(response.body) rescue {}
end