I have this in models/ability.rb
class Ability
include CanCan::Ability
def initialize(user)
user ||= User.new
if user.role? :registered
can :read Post
end
end
When I do this on rails console
#this returns a user with a role: "registered" attribute
user = User.first
post = Post.first
ability = Ability.new(user)
### This returns false ###
ability.can?(:read, post)
#=> false
This spec I have written to test the ability also fails while i expect it to pass.
describe User, :type => :model do
let(:post) {create(:post)}
describe "abilities" do
subject(:ability){Ability.new(user)}
let(:user){nil}
context "when is a registered user" do
## the default value for the role attribute in the user factory is "registered"
let(:user) {create(:user)}
it {is_expected.to be_able_to :read, post}
end
end
end
I can access and read posts in both /posts and /posts/:id when I am authenticated as a registered user on the browser, I have no idea why it is failing in both rails console and rspec.
