Rails 6 API Tutorial - API Tests with RSpec p.9

In this video series we will build a Rails API from scratch. Backend APIs are useful for serving data to frontend applications, mobile apps or other backend services.

This video covers:
0:09 - Why automated test is important and useful
0:41 - Using RSpec as a test framework
1:16 - Installing the RSpec gem
2:02 - Running RSpec via the command line
2:13 - Initializing the RSpec directory and test helpers
2:49 - Creating the first API request spec to test for a success status code
5:33 - Updating the test with an assertion for the response body
6:45 - Creating mock test data using FactoryBot

[indrasusila]

amazing tutorial series, t's still relevant on rails 7.
to be honnest, i just learn ROR just on 2 days. thanks, & blassed for you sir

[lukapavicic]

Great approach to teaching Rails! I really like how you debug your errors in the video and show the real problems programmers face while developing and not just working by some script on your second monitor.

[ahmedmustafa]

Thanks man, this series helped me a lot ❤

[sharvyahmed]

Thanks man, keep doing the great work.

[procyu]

Thank for the content! It helps a lot!

[GB]

Really good tutorial man! I just subscribed to your channel. Hope to see some more in-depth rails testing tutorials. Thanks!

[marroquinyt]

Great video! I have a question about testing routes that require authentication. Lests imagine I have a route to return user information, but that routes requires the user to be authenticated with a JWT. How should I test that route?

[ctrlaltcal]

This is great thank you, I'm just a little confused as to how the FactoryBot creates a book when we have not explicitly told the factory that is creates Books (as in the model)

[rtfm-inc]

rspec did not work for me originally, but gave me a suggestion: sudo apt install ruby-rspec-core - did that and it worked.

[amandatiemannjussianicioba]

Would you know if Rspec_rails would work on ruby 2.7. I am new at testing and when I run rspec command I get this message: ✗ rspec
rbenv: rspec: command not found

The `rspec' command exists in these Ruby versions:
2.6.6

Thank you for your video, your explanations are most helpful

[al-mokhtar_]

thanks mate, can we see how to test jwt ?

[adrianoneynascimentodoamar]

Very good video!! Congratulations! I am looking to test request with authentication. I've looked on several sites but every way I try, it goes wrong! I am using the device and simple_token_authentication 1.0 gem for authentication, ruby 2.7.2, rails 6.0.3 and rspec 4.0.0. Can you help me?

[vibhanshujain]

For me generate commands give me usage can someone suggest:
rails generate rspec:install
Usage:
rails new APP_PATH [options]

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Example:
rails new ~/Code/Ruby/weblog

This generates a skeletal Rails installation in ~/Code/Ruby/weblog.