ruby on rails - rspec controller test for json api : ActionController::RoutingError -

just simple question render json call i'm trying test. i'm still learning rspec, , have tried , can't seem work. keep getting actioncontroller::routingerror, though defined route , call api works.

in controller have method:

class placescontroller < applicationcontroller   def objects     @objects = place.find(params[:id]).objects.active     render json: @objects.map(&:api)   end end 

with render json: @objects.map(&:api), i'm calling api method in object model

class object   def api     { id: id,       something: something,       something_else: something_else,       etc: etc,       ...     }   end end 

my routes file:

get     "places/:id/objects"              => "places#objects" 

my rspec: spec/controllers/places_controller_spec.rb

describe "objects"    "get properties"     m = factorygirl.create :object_name, _id: "1", shape: "square"     "/places/#{m._id}/objects", {}, { "accept" => "application/json" }      expect(response.status).to eq 200     body = json.parse(response.body)     expect(body["shape"]).to eq "square"   end end 

i keep getting error

failure/error: "/places/1/objects", {}, { "accept" => "application/json" }  actioncontroller::routingerror:    no route matches {:controller=>"places", :action=>"/places/1/objects"} 

any appreciated, thanks.

because have spec in controllers folder rspec assuming controller spec.

with controller specs don't specify whole path route actual controller method.

get "/places/#{m._id}/objects", {} 

should be

get :objects, id: m._id 

if don't want behaviour can disable setting config infer_spec_type_from_file_location false. or override spec type file declaring type on describe

describe "objects", type: :request do - change :request want spec be.

although recommend using directory structure dictate types of specs running.