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Firing a controller's action from the console (See related posts)

It seems like a simple task, but here's how you can simulate the calling of a controller's action:

ruby script/console

irb> require 'action_controller/test_process'
irb> require 'application'
irb> require 'site_controller'
irb> request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
irb> response = ActionController::TestResponse.new
irb> request.env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET'
irb> request.action = "late_employee"
irb> InfoController.process(request,response)


Basically, it's like getting inside of a TestUnit method, but you have to do the dirty work yourself.
to ruby rails controller action by canadaduane on Thu Aug 25 22:44:03 -0400 2005

Comments on this post

technoweenie posts on Aug 25, 2005 at 19:41
Yikes! That's cool, but a lot of typing :)
bricolage posts on Aug 26, 2005 at 00:32
You can use the load command on a .rb that has all but the last two lines on it!

Thanks Duane, I was wondering how to do that.

Good console post from Robby here:
http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2005/08/18/are-you-a-console-master
drbrain posts on Nov 19, 2005 at 00:20
Be careful, requiring action_controller/test_process will cause the test suite to attempt to run on exit. It is better to stuff $" with the correct files to prevent test/unit from firing.
schapht posts on Sep 15, 2007 at 17:16
For something simple like this you can also use (from ./script/console):

app.get '/info/late_employee'

But I haven't been able to get at the response object with that yet, so this was helpful today.

Thanks!

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