The Basic Authentication header encodes username and password. Effectively, it's just Base64 plus a "Basic" prefix.
You can use ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials for that, and put its result into the Authorization request header.
Request specs
For request specs, use the :header option.
it 'requires authentication' do
get '/'
expect(response.status).to eq(401)
end
it 'accepts valid credentials' do
encoded_credentials = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(username, password)
get '/', header: { Authorization: encoded_credentials }
expect(response.status).to eq(200)
end
Controller specs
In controller specs, you can put then into request.env['Authorization'].
it 'requires authentication' do
get :index
expect(response.status).to eq(401)
end
it 'accepts valid credentials' do
encoded_credentials = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(username, password)
request.env['Authorization'] = encoded_credentials
get :index
expect(response.status).to eq(200)
end
Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2011-04-07 14:23)