Add ability to override session creation in request specs

Author: grega

spec/dummy/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Used to modify session variables within request tests
+class SessionsController < ApplicationController
+  def create
+    vars = params.permit(session_vars: {})
+    vars[:session_vars].each do |var, value|
+      session[var] = value
+    end
+    head :created
+  end
+end

spec/dummy/config/routes.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
   root to: 'home#show'
 
+  resource :session, only: %i[create]
+
   # Make sure we don't match auth routes
   get '/*slug', to: 'home#show', constraints: { slug: /(?!(rpi_)?auth\/).*/ }
 end

spec/dummy/spec/requests/auth_request_spec.rb

@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@
         let(:session_keys_to_persist) { 'foo bar' }
 
         it 'persists provided session keys on login' do
+          set_session(foo: 'bar')
           post '/auth/rpi'
-
-          session[:foo] = 'bar'
           previous_foo = session[:foo]
           puts "Initial session #{session.to_hash} \n\n"
 

spec/support/request_helpers.rb

@@ -13,4 +13,13 @@ def sign_in(user)
     post '/auth/rpi'
     follow_redirect!
   end
+
+  def set_session(vars = {})
+    post session_path, params: { session_vars: vars }
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:created)
+
+    vars.each_key do |var|
+      expect(session[var]).to be_present
+    end
+  end
 end