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Integration test methods such as Integration::RequestHelpers#get and Integration::RequestHelpers#post return objects of class TestResponse, which represent the HTTP response results of the requested controller actions.

See Response for more information on controller response objects.

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Class Public methods

from_response(response)

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb, line 13
def self.from_response(response)
  new response.status, response.headers, response.body
end

Instance Public methods

parsed_body()

Returns a parsed body depending on the response MIME type. When a parser corresponding to the MIME type is not found, it returns the raw body.

Examples

get "/posts"
response.content_type      # => "text/html; charset=utf-8"
response.parsed_body.class # => String
response.parsed_body       # => "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n..."

get "/posts.json"
response.content_type      # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
response.parsed_body.class # => Array
response.parsed_body       # => [{"id"=>42, "title"=>"Title"},...

get "/posts/42.json"
response.content_type      # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
response.parsed_body.class # => Hash
response.parsed_body       # => {"id"=>42, "title"=>"Title"}
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb, line 35
def parsed_body
  @parsed_body ||= response_parser.call(body)
end

response_parser()

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/test_response.rb, line 39
def response_parser
  @response_parser ||= RequestEncoder.parser(media_type)
end