How to stub method that doesn't belong to class in RSpec?

Question

I'm working a project that uses a notify method that does does not belong to a method. I want to stub this method to help speed up my spec and keep my log clean. How can i do this?

lib/notify.rb

require 'json'
require 'rest-client'

def notify(*params)
  ...
end

infused · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-01T20:08:35.633

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Use a before block in your specs to stub the :notify method on subject:

before do
  allow(subject).to receive(:notify)
end

edited Dec 01 '15 at 20:08

answered Dec 01 '15 at 18:16

infused

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Thats not working. I've also tried using `stub(:notify).and_return(nil)` – Antarr Byrd Dec 01 '15 at 18:39
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I've not seen the stubbing self, only `subject` or `described_class` or an explicit initialization of the class under test. – yez Dec 01 '15 at 18:52
@yez Using `subject` instead of `self` worked, thanks – Antarr Byrd Dec 01 '15 at 19:20

How to stub method that doesn't belong to class in RSpec?

lib/notify.rb

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