include_json does not working

[a-chernykh]

Hi,

Thanks for awesome gem.

I am testing with RSpec with json_spec 0.7.0.

    it 'should create new temp image' do
      post :create, :temp_image => {:file => fixture_file_upload(File.join(Rails.root, 'spec', 'fixtures', 'test_image.jpg'), 'image/jpeg')}, :format => 'json'
      puts response.body
      response.body.should include_json(%({"status":"success"}))
    end

Output is

{"temp_image":{"current_filter":"original","url":"http://picyou.dev/storage/test/filtered/7/original_original_preview.jpg?1314790553","id":7},"status":"success"}

But test fails for some reason with message: Expected included JSON.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Andrey.

[laserlemon]

The error message could probably be more descriptive (ideas?) but this is the expected behavior. The body of your response is a JSON object that is a superset of the object you're testing against but it doesn't technically include that JSON. For example:

%({"one":1,"two":2}).should include_json(%({"one":1}))

will fail, as you've shown above. However:

%([{"one":1},{"two":2}]).should include_json(%({"one":1}))

or even:

%({"one":1,"two":2}).should include_json(%(1))

will pass. But in the case of your test, I think you could go a simpler route:

response.body.should be_json_eql(%("success")).at_path("status")

or:

response.body.should be_json_eql(%({"status":"success"})).excluding("temp_image")

Hope that helps!

[a-chernykh]

Thank you very much for explanation, that solves my problem.

Andrey.