Simple Coverage Route not showing up

Question

I have a rails app that when I run my tests I am creating new files in my /cov folder

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Coverage report generated for RSpec to /Users/nicholasshook/Sites/<<my project>>/coverage. 264 / 446 LOC (59.19%) covered.

Done.

However, when I try going to localhost/coverage/index.html I get this error

No route matches [GET] "/coverage/index.html"

Thanks

Answer 1

If you're using SimpleCov or some similar gem to generate test results, those are static HTML files that are meant to be viewed locally on your machine. I.E. just browse to /Users/nicholasshook/Sites/<>/coverage/index.html and open that file in your browser.

Rails won't create routes to /coverage/index.html for security and manageability reasons. You can create a route to static html pages, but they must be in the /public directory. If you need your coverage results to be accessible in your app, you have a few options:

1. Move your coverage file to the /public directory, and use a gem like High_Voltage https://github.com/thoughtbot/high_voltage to creat a route there
2. You'll need to either reconfigure your coverage tool to put files in the /public directory, or manually copy them over