RSpec to test remote API

events_spec.rb

require "spec_helper"

describe "Events" do
  it "gets events and checks id" do
    get '/events.json'
    response.status.should be(200)
    ap json_response.first
    json_response.each { |e| e.should have_key 'id' }
  end
end

# Test it: rspec spec/request/events_spec.rb

Gemfile

source :rubygems

group :test do
  gem "rspec"
  gem "remote_http_testing"

  # Beautifying
  gem 'awesome_print'
end

spec_helper.rb

require "rubygems"
require "bundler/setup"

require "rspec"
require "remote_http_testing"
require 'ap'

# Add the 'spec' path in the load path
spec_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
$LOAD_PATH.unshift(spec_dir)

# Require all ruby files in the 'support' folder
Dir[File.join(spec_dir, "support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}

module RemoteHttpTesting
  def server
    # What server we are testing
    "http://events.dev"
  end

  # Override for nicer compatibility
  def response
    last_response
  end
end

# Override for nicer compatibility
module Net
  class HTTPResponse
    def status
      self.code.to_i
    end
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include RemoteHttpTesting
end