shoulda_create

== shoulda_create

Restores should_create functionality to shoulda.

I like using should_create and friends to make assertions about records coming and going in the database.

Shoulda did, but doesn't any more. With this, it can again.

Some ideological dispute, I guess. I complained to one of the thoughtbot guys, and he said "that's the joy of open source, you can build your own". Well, here it is.

== Examples

context 'POST to :create' do setup { post :create, :email => '[e-mail]', :name => 'Bob Dobbs' } # simple usage should_create :user

# asserting records are neither created nor destroyed
should_not_change_record_count_of :blog_posts

# asserting a change in some state other than simple row count
should_change("number of Bobs", :by => 1){ User.where("name ILIKE '%bob%'").count }

# the subject can be a class rather than a symbol:
should_create Audited::Adapters::ActiveRecord::Audit

# ... or it can be a table name: (remember to pluralize)
should_create 'audits'

# the to can be a proc: (when using factories and ids are not known at context setup time)
should_change('the user group', :to => lambda{ @group.id }){ @user.reload.group_id }

end

== License

shoulda_create is released under the MIT license:

• http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT