How to access Clearance Shoulda macros in RSpec

Question

I can't work out how to get access to the shoulda macros (sign_in_as, etc) in my RSpec tests. I've installed and unpacked the shoulda gem into vendor and I've run the generator to install clearance. I suspect I need to use the right require statement in spec_helper.rb but nothing I've been able to find works for me. I've completely run out of ideas.

Answer 1

Add the following to to the top of your spec_helper.rb,

require 'clearance/shoulda_macros'

And then inside the Rspec configure block add the following,

config.extend(Clearance::Shoulda::Helpers)

Answer 2

I got it to work by following the instructions on this blog post: http://blog.smajnr.net/2011/03/clearance-rspec-shoulda.html

# in spec_helper.rb

require 'clearance/shoulda_macros'

RSpec.configure do |config|

  # ...

  # Include Shoulda macros for Clearance
  config.include Clearance::Shoulda::Helpers
end