test a file upload using rspec – rails

You can use fixture_file_upload method to test file uploading: Put your test file in “{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/files” directory before :each do @file = fixture_file_upload(‘files/test_lic.xml’, ‘text/xml’) end it “can upload a license” do post :uploadLicense, :upload => @file response.should be_success end In case you were expecting the file in the form of params[‘upload’][‘datafile’] it “can upload a license” … Read more