How to fake form fields

[gswartz777]

Is it possible to fake a form post to a controller? I saw setting up the Request for the FakeContext with FakePostData but the example didn't really make sense to me and I wasn't sure if that was specifically for form posts or something else. If for form posts, do you have a more complete example of how to provide that post data to the controller being tested? Thanks.

[vadimzozulya]

@gswartz777 , sorry for delay, but I'm on vacation, and will be able to look at the question only in two weeks.
Offhand, shouldn't controller just accept Model like this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14124732/5160188 ?
It would be really nice if you provide or point me to a sample controller and test you're trying to implement. But again I'll be able to look at this only in two weeks.

[gswartz777]

While I can do that, an issue I'm running into with passing the model to the controller is that Model.IsValid is always true because model binding has already occurred. If I pass form fields, then the controller handles the model binding and will fire the validation. To this point, any fields marked required on the model are not validated when I pass the model directly to the controller. Thanks.

[gswartz777]

Any update on this?

[vadimzozulya]

@gswartz777 , if you're trying to test ModelState.IsValid you should use this approach: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3822895/5160188. If not, could you please post the controller code sample ?

Sorry for so long delay.

[vadimzozulya]

Please reopen with code sample if necessary.