undefined method `get' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000106db51f8>

[macmartine]

Trying to get RSpec running with Rails 3.0.7

Here's a gist with the details: https://gist.github.com/1017044

I'm running RSpec Edge but I got the same error when running with simply: gem 'rspec'

it "renders buttons_widgets partial" do
get :buttons_widgets
response.should render_template("buttons_widgets")
end

→ rspec tools_model_spec.rb
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/version.rb:4: warning: already initialized constant STRING
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/metadata.rb:48: warning: already initialized constant RESERVED_KEYS
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/pending.rb:6: warning: already initialized constant DEFAULT_MESSAGE
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/world.rb:6: warning: already initialized constant PROC_HEX_NUMBER
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/world.rb:7: warning: already initialized constant PROJECT_DIR
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:43: warning: already initialized constant CONDITIONAL_FILTERS
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:48: warning: already initialized constant DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_PATTERNS
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:13: warning: already initialized constant AT_EXIT_HOOK_BACKTRACE_LINE
/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/bundler/gems/rspec-core-bea2366c817e/lib/rspec/core.rb:35: warning: already initialized constant SharedContext
Run filtered excluding {:if=>#Proc:/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:43, :unless=>#Proc:/Users/mm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@evergreen/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:44}
F

Failures:

1. ToolsController renders buttons_widgets partial
   Failure/Error: get :buttons_widgets
   NoMethodError:
   undefined method get' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000106db51f8> ./tools_model_spec.rb:7:inblock (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

FWIW, I saw threads about similar sounding issues from mid 2010, but they were all Windows related. I'm on OSX.

[justinko]

To set everything up, all you need in your Gemfile is gem "rspec-rails". rspec-rails will include rspec-core, rspec-expectations, etc.

Then, in your spec_helper.rb file, put require 'rspec/rails' above your RSpec.configure block.

More info here: http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails

[macmartine]

Thanks, I tried that and I'm still having the same exact problem.

I uninstalled all rspec gems
Put only ' gem "rspec-rails"' in the Gemfile
Ran bundle install
Ran rails g rspec:install
Confirmed that the line require 'rspec/rails' is in the spec_helper.rb
Change the require in my test to be 'require 'spec_helper''

[justinko]

The controller spec needs to be in the ./spec/controllers directory. RSpec will not include the "rails methods" if it is not.

[macmartine]

Got it, thank you! Sorry for the false bug alert.