Monthly Archives: October 2016

Starting Phoenix server in a different port than 4000

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Problem

You would like start a phoenix application in a port different from the default 4000, by using something similar to the rails:

rails s -p 4001

Solutin

You will need to change the config/dev.exs file to include the following:

http: [port: System.get_env("PORT") || 4000],

and then start the server with:

PORT=4002 mix phoenix.server

Taken from the answer here

Routing rspec with nested routes

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Problem

You would like to add a routing rspec test in your rails application that tests for a nested route.
So while you have something like the following in your config/routes.rb file:

namespace :admin do
  resources :users do
    resources :audits, only: [:index]
  end
end

you want to add the following test for your route:

expect(get: '/admin/users/:user_id/audits').to route_to(controller: 'admin/audits', action: 'index')

but you are getting an error like the following:

The recognized options <{"controller"=>"admin/audits", "action"=>"index", "user_id"=>":user_id"}> did not match <{"controller"=>"admin/audits", "action"=>"index"}>, difference:.
       --- expected
       +++ actual
       @@ -1 +1 @@
       -{"controller"=>"admin/audits", "action"=>"index"}
       +{"controller"=>"admin/audits", "action"=>"index", "user_id"=>":user_id"}

Solution

You will need to change your rspec to the following using any number for the user_id:

expect(get: '/admin/users/42/audits').to route_to(controller: 'admin/audits', action: 'index', user_id: '42')

Solution adapted from here