Module: ActiveSupport::Testing::Assertions
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| Defined in: | activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb | 
Instance Method Summary
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      #assert_changes(expression, message = nil, from: UNTRACKED, to: UNTRACKED, &block)  
    
    Assertion that the result of evaluating an expression is changed before and after invoking the passed in block. 
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      #assert_difference(expression, *args, &block)  
    
    Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block. 
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      #assert_no_changes(expression, message = nil, from: UNTRACKED, &block)  
    
    Assertion that the result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block. 
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      #assert_no_difference(expression, message = nil, &block)  
    
    Assertion that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block. 
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      #assert_not(object, message = nil)  
    
    Asserts that an expression is not truthy. 
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      #assert_nothing_raised  
    
    Assertion that the block should not raise an exception. 
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      #assert_raise(*exp, match: nil, &block)  
    
    Alias for #assert_raises. 
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      #assert_raises(*exp, match: nil, &block)  
      (also: #assert_raise)
    
    Asserts that a block raises one of exp.
Instance Method Details
#assert_changes(expression, message = nil, from: UNTRACKED, to: UNTRACKED, &block)
Assertion that the result of evaluating an expression is changed before and after invoking the passed in block.
assert_changes 'Status.all_good?' do
  post :create, params: { status: { ok: false } }
endYou can pass the block as a string to be evaluated in the context of the block. A lambda can be passed for the block as well.
assert_changes -> { Status.all_good? } do
  post :create, params: { status: { ok: false } }
endThe assertion is useful to test side effects. The passed block can be anything that can be converted to string with #to_s.
assert_changes :@object do
  @object = 42
endThe keyword arguments :from and :to can be given to specify the expected initial value and the expected value after the block was executed.
assert_changes :@object, from: nil, to: :foo do
  @object = :foo
endAn error message can be specified.
assert_changes -> { Status.all_good? }, 'Expected the status to be bad' do
  post :create, params: { status: { incident: true } }
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 191
def assert_changes(expression, = nil, from: UNTRACKED, to: UNTRACKED, &block) exp = expression.respond_to?(:call) ? expression : -> { eval(expression.to_s, block.binding) } before = exp.call retval = _assert_nothing_raised_or_warn("assert_changes", &block) unless from == UNTRACKED error = "Expected change from #{from.inspect}, got #{before.inspect}" error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if assert from === before, error end after = exp.call error = "#{expression.inspect} didn't change" error = "#{error}. It was already #{to.inspect}" if before == to error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if refute_equal before, after, error unless to == UNTRACKED error = "Expected change to #{to.inspect}, got #{after.inspect}\n" error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if assert to === after, error end retval end
#assert_difference(expression, *args, &block)
Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.
assert_difference 'Article.count' do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
endAn arbitrary expression is passed in and evaluated.
assert_difference 'Article.last.comments(:reload).size' do
  post :create, params: { comment: {...} }
endAn arbitrary positive or negative difference can be specified. The default is 1.
assert_difference 'Article.count', -1 do
  post :delete, params: { id: ... }
endAn array of expressions can also be passed in and evaluated.
assert_difference [ 'Article.count', 'Post.count' ], 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
endA hash of expressions/numeric differences can also be passed in and evaluated.
assert_difference ->{ Article.count } => 1, ->{ Notification.count } => 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
endA lambda or a list of lambdas can be passed in and evaluated:
assert_difference ->{ Article.count }, 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
end
assert_difference [->{ Article.count }, ->{ Post.count }], 2 do
  post :create, params: { article: {...} }
endAn error message can be specified.
assert_difference 'Article.count', -1, 'An Article should be destroyed' do
  post :delete, params: { id: ... }
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 101
def assert_difference(expression, *args, &block) expressions = if expression.is_a?(Hash) = args[0] expression else difference = args[0] || 1 = args[1] Array(expression).index_with(difference) end exps = expressions.keys.map { |e| e.respond_to?(:call) ? e : lambda { eval(e, block.binding) } } before = exps.map(&:call) retval = _assert_nothing_raised_or_warn("assert_difference", &block) expressions.zip(exps, before) do |(code, diff), exp, before_value| actual = exp.call error = "#{code.inspect} didn't change by #{diff}, but by #{actual - before_value}" error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if assert_equal(before_value + diff, actual, error) end retval end
#assert_no_changes(expression, message = nil, from: UNTRACKED, &block)
Assertion that the result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.
assert_no_changes 'Status.all_good?' do
  post :create, params: { status: { ok: true } }
endProvide the optional keyword argument :from to specify the expected initial value.
assert_no_changes -> { Status.all_good? }, from: true do
  post :create, params: { status: { ok: true } }
endAn error message can be specified.
assert_no_changes -> { Status.all_good? }, 'Expected the status to be good' do
  post :create, params: { status: { ok: false } }
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 238
def assert_no_changes(expression, = nil, from: UNTRACKED, &block) exp = expression.respond_to?(:call) ? expression : -> { eval(expression.to_s, block.binding) } before = exp.call retval = _assert_nothing_raised_or_warn("assert_no_changes", &block) unless from == UNTRACKED error = "Expected initial value of #{from.inspect}, got #{before.inspect}" error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if assert from === before, error end after = exp.call error = "#{expression.inspect} changed" error = "#{}.\n#{error}" if if before.nil? assert_nil after, error else assert_equal before, after, error end retval end
#assert_no_difference(expression, message = nil, &block)
Assertion that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.
assert_no_difference 'Article.count' do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
endA lambda can be passed in and evaluated.
assert_no_difference -> { Article.count } do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
endAn error message can be specified.
assert_no_difference 'Article.count', 'An Article should not be created' do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
endAn array of expressions can also be passed in and evaluated.
assert_no_difference [ 'Article.count', -> { Post.count } ] do
  post :create, params: { article: invalid_attributes }
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 153
def assert_no_difference(expression, = nil, &block) assert_difference expression, 0, , &block end
#assert_not(object, message = nil)
Asserts that an expression is not truthy. Passes if object is nil or false. “Truthy” means “considered true in a conditional” like if foo.
assert_not nil    # => true
assert_not false  # => true
assert_not 'foo'  # => Expected "foo" to be nil or falseAn error message can be specified.
assert_not foo, 'foo should be false'# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 21
def assert_not(object, = nil) ||= "Expected #{mu_pp(object)} to be nil or false" assert !object, end
#assert_nothing_raised
Assertion that the block should not raise an exception.
Passes if evaluated code in the yielded block raises no exception.
assert_nothing_raised do
  perform_service(param: 'no_exception')
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 48
def assert_nothing_raised yield.tap { assert(true) } rescue => error raise Minitest::UnexpectedError.new(error) end
#assert_raise(*exp, match: nil, &block)
Alias for #assert_raises.
# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 39
alias :assert_raise :assert_raises
#assert_raises(*exp, match: nil, &block) Also known as: #assert_raise
Asserts that a block raises one of exp. This is an enhancement of the standard ::Minitest assertion method with the ability to test error messages.
assert_raises(ArgumentError, match: /incorrect param/i) do
  perform_service(param: 'exception')
end# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/assertions.rb', line 34
def assert_raises(*exp, match: nil, &block) error = super(*exp, &block) assert_match(match, error.) if match error end