Ruby Soundcloud Gem: Cannot Test Uploaded File-Collection of common programming errors

2 years ago
admin
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Haven’t seen much on testing for the soundcloud gem. Most everything has been splendid – however I found that uploading files to SoundCloud through my specs is a bit tricky.

Here’s the problem:

spec:

file = "#{Rails.root}/spec/factories/files/sample.mp3"
title = "From the test suite"
track = @client.post('/tracks', track: {title: title, asset_data: File.new(file)})

Whether or not I use

File.new

or

File.expand_path

the error is the same: NoMethodError: undefined method `map’ for #String:0x007fa1ce8425c0

The successful code in the controller is:

file = params["soundcloud_file"]
title = params["title"]
track = client.post('/tracks', track: {
  title: title
  asset_data: File.new(file.tempfile, 'rb')
  })

Now I understand that params[“soundcloud_file”] is an ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile, so that’s what I’ve been attempting to work with for the past hour or so with no luck.

I’m open to any way to successfully test an upload.

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Originally posted 2013-11-09 20:50:42.