How can I skip middleware in my Rspec request specs?

Question

I'm writing some pretty standard Rspec request specs for a Rails app.

describe "show" do
  it "should respond successfully when given an id that exists" do
    @badger = FactoryGirl.create(:badger)
    get "/badgers/#{@badger.id}"
    response.should be_ok
  end
end

However, we've just added a middleware component for a single sign-on system, so the response comes back as a redirect - "please sign in."

For the purposes of these tests, how can I leave the middleware out of the chain? (It has its own tests elsewhere.)

Answer 1

In your config/environments/test.rb you can delete this middleware:

config.middleware.delete YourMiddleware::Goes::Here