Mocking a cotroller context asp 4.5

Question

I have to mock the controller context in order to test some methods that are authorized. The problem is that although I try this it does not work because when I type:

var mock = new Mock<ControllerContext>();

Visual Studio underlines ControllerContext and says that

The type or namespace could not be found

These are the usings i have included in the unit test class: using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

    using System;
    using System.Web;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using Moq;
    using System.Web.Http.Controllers;
    using Data.Contracts;
    using System.Linq;
    using Web.Api.Controllers;

Any ideas how to include ControllerContext in the MSDN documentation they say that it is part of System.Web but it does not seem to be working. Also it will be great if there is another way to mock the context without using this.

I fixed the reference by intalling the Mvc package. But now receive the following error when I try this:

var mock = new Mock<ControllerContext>();
            mock.SetupGet(x => x.HttpContext.User.Identity.Name).Returns("SOMEUSER");
            mock.SetupGet(x => x.HttpContext.Request.IsAuthenticated).Returns(true);
            controller.ControllerContext = mock.Object;

Cannot convert System.Web.Mvc.ControllerContext to System.Web.Http.Controllers.ControllerContext

> controller.ControllerContext = mock.Objectt;

Try by removing using System.Web.Http.Controllers; and use ControllerContext from System.Web.Mvc — error_handler, May 25 '16 at 09:58
I'm confused. There is an accepted answer but the question still doesn't seem to have been resolved. Am I mistaken in my assessment? — Nkosi, May 25 '16 at 10:31
The first question was answered, but now has another problem thas was not mentioned before. So @Nkosi should it be the new question or updated current? — Roman Marusyk, May 25 '16 at 10:35
If the answer fully answered the initial question then user should accept that answer, bringing this post to a close. Any other issues should be addressed in a new question. Try to avoid being sucked into a bait and switch situation. — Nkosi, May 25 '16 at 10:39
So, please @StefanL19 If you have a new question, please ask it by clicking the [Ask Question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask) button. Include a link to this question if it helps provide context — Roman Marusyk, May 25 '16 at 10:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '16 at 09:24

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ControllerContext is a part of System.Web.Mvc in System.Web.Mvc.dll. Just add reference to it

answered May 25 '16 at 09:24

Roman Marusyk

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