Checking whether the json response is right or not

Question

I get a json response from my server.

{
    "@type": "res",
    "createdAt": "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
    "description": "test",
    "disabled": false
}

How can i test whether the response is right or wrong. Below is my test case.

it "can find an account that this user belongs to" do 
    Account.find(id: @acc.id, authorization: @token);

    expect(response.status).to eq 200
    expect(response.body).to eq({
      "@type": "res",
      "createdAt": "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
      "description": "test",
      "disabled": false
    })
end

When i try to execute the test, it throws me a lot of syntax error.

Roman Kiselenko · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-07T13:36:55.257

1

You should parse JSON.parse(response.body), because body as string:

it "can find an account that this user belongs to" do 
    Account.find(id: @acc.id, authorization: @token)
    valid_hash = {
      "@type" => "res",
      "createdAt" => "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
      "description" => "test",
      "disabled" => false
    }
    expect(response.status).to eq 200
    expect(JSON.parse(response.body)).to eq(valid_hash)
end

Or without parsing:

it "can find an account that this user belongs to" do 
    Account.find(id: @acc.id, authorization: @token)
    valid_hash = {
      "@type" => "res",
      "createdAt" => "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
      "description" => "test",
      "disabled" => false
    }
    expect(response.status).to eq 200
    expect(response.body).to eq(valid_hash.to_json)
end

Update, you hash syntax invalid instead:

 valid_hash = {
      "@type": "res",
      "createdAt": "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
      "description": "test",
      "disabled": false
    }

use:

 valid_hash = {
      "@type" => "res",
      "createdAt" => "2014-07-24T15:26:49",
      "description" => "test",
      "disabled" => false
    }

edited Aug 07 '14 at 13:36

answered Aug 07 '14 at 13:19

Roman Kiselenko

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It stil says (SyntaxError) "@type" : "test" – UnderTaker Aug 07 '14 at 13:29
I get a new error now... JSON::ParserError: A Json text must at least contain two octets! – UnderTaker Aug 07 '14 at 13:38
Thanks it worked... how can i print response.body in my rails console to check... – UnderTaker Aug 07 '14 at 13:42
upvote please if i help you, and [read about hash rockets in ruby](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18835189/ruby-rails-hash-rockets-syntax) – Roman Kiselenko Aug 07 '14 at 13:43
I can't upvote as i need 15 votes it says... and also how to print response.body in rails console. – UnderTaker Aug 07 '14 at 13:45
`puts(response.body)` before first `expect()` and look inside `log/test.log` or from root dir `tail -f log/test.log` or use `https://github.com/pry/pry` – Roman Kiselenko Aug 07 '14 at 13:45

Checking whether the json response is right or not

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