Testing user model generated by devise

Question

I generated a model using rails generate devise User , and later added a field to the model using rails generate migration add_field_to_user field:string .

I want to be able to unit test the validation on this field, but no matter what, the users I create are always invalid. I added the attribute to attr_accessible in the model and all.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

First find out why your users are invalid. Try creating the user in rails console with something like this

test_user = User.new(:email => "me@email.com", :password => "somesecret")
test_user.save!

The call on test_user.save! will tell you which validation is failing. It's important to include the !