My Rails 2 app displays a slideshow of photos from Flickr via the flickraw library. My code works, but I'm stuck on how to properly write RSpec unit tests.
I have a Slide
class that encapsulates everything that my app needs from flickraw. It acts somewhat like a model object but doesn't use ActiveRecord. It doesn't do much work; it delegates most of the heavy lifting to flickraw.
I haven't completed the tests because, as it is now, they require me to hard-code in some photo IDs from Flickr, and the tests would break if I rearranged my photoset or added new photos.
So my so-called unit tests are more like integration tests. I understand how to write a mock or stub using RSpec, but not sure how to do it to the flickraw library. How do I stub out flickraw and turn this into a unit test?
slide.rb:
require 'flickraw'
FlickRaw.api_key = "xxx"
FlickRaw.shared_secret = "yyy"
flickr.auth.checkToken :auth_token => "zzz"
PHOTOSET_ID = 123123123
class Slide
attr_accessor :id, :previous_id, :next_id, :url_square, :url_thumbnail, :url_small, :url_medium500,
:url_medium640, :url_large, :url_original
def self.last
photoset = flickr.photosets.getPhotos(:photoset_id => PHOTOSET_ID)
Slide.new(photoset.photo.last.id)
end
def self.first
photoset = flickr.photosets.getPhotos(:photoset_id => PHOTOSET_ID)
Slide.new(photoset.photo.first.id)
end
def self.find(id)
Slide.new(id)
end
def initialize(id)
self.id = id
photo = flickr.photos.getInfo(:photo_id => id)
context = flickr.photosets.getContext(:photoset_id => PHOTOSET_ID, :photo_id => id)
sizes = flickr.photos.getSizes(:photo_id => id)
self.previous_id = (context.prevphoto.id == 0) ? nil : context.prevphoto.id
self.next_id = (context.nextphoto.id == 0) ? nil : context.nextphoto.id
sizes.each do |size|
if size.label == "Square"
self.url_square = size.source
elsif size.label == "Thumbnail"
self.url_thumbnail = size.source
elsif size.label == "Small"
self.url_small = size.source
elsif size.label == "Medium"
self.url_medium500 = size.source
elsif size.label == "Medium 640"
self.url_medium640 = size.source
elsif size.label == "Large"
self.url_large = size.source
elsif size.label == "Original"
self.url_original = size.source
end
end
end
end
slide_spec.rb:
require 'spec_helper'
describe Slide do
before(:each) do
first_photo_id = "444555666"
@slide = Slide.new(first_photo_id)
end
describe "urls" do
it "should generate the thumbnail url" do
@slide.url_thumbnail.should match(/_t.jpg$/)
end
it "should generate the small url" do
@slide.url_small.should match(/_m.jpg$/)
end
it "should generate the medium500 url" do
@slide.url_medium500.should match(/.jpg$/)
end
it "should generate the medium640 url" do
@slide.url_medium640.should match(/_z.jpg$/)
end
it "should generate the large url" do
@slide.url_large.should match(/_b.jpg$/)
end
it "should generate the original url" do
@slide.url_original.should match(/_o.jpg$/)
end
end
describe "finding" do
it "should find the correct last photo" do
# ???
end
it "should find the correct first photo" do
# ???
end
end
describe "context" do
it "should return the correct previous photo" do
# ???
end
it "should return the correct next photo" do
# ???
end
end
end