Rails/rspec: how to set cookies in a request spec?

Question

How do I set cookies in my request specs?

The solutions on the following page did not work:

Namely, request.cookies[:whatever] = 'something' says that request is a nil object. I also tried helper.cookies[:whatever] = 'something', and that also did not work (helper in that case was nil).

Can you share your spec? – maxenglander Aug 15 '12 at 01:35 — maxenglander, Aug 15 '12 at 01:35

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '14 at 04:38

5

Try just the following:

cookies[:whatever] = 'something'

answered May 12 '14 at 04:38

Connor

796
11
16

9

This does NOT appear to work for request specs, only controller specs. – Jason Axelson Mar 27 '18 at 01:56

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '12 at 19:22

-2

Make sure you are using the rspec-rails gem and are requiring 'rspec/rails' in your spec_helper, not just 'rspec'.

answered Dec 13 '12 at 19:22

ifightcrime

1,216
15
18

2

I am using that gem and am requiring that file, still no luck – bevanb Dec 15 '12 at 01:46

Rails/rspec: how to set cookies in a request spec?

2 Answers2

Linked