Running acceptance tests that use Mandrill Mailer about mandrill_mailer HOT 3 CLOSED

Hi Pat,

I would probably just test that the mandrill_mail method is receiving the correct args (mocks/stubs). This gem has tests that test if the Mandrill gem is receiving arguments from the mandrill_mail method, so there is no sense in re-testing that again. You should just assume that if you give mandrill_mail the correct arguments they'll get to where they need to go.

If you realllllllyyy want to go that far you can look at https://github.com/renz45/mandrill_mailer/blob/master/lib/mandrill_mailer/template_mailer.rb#L192. This gem is really just a wrapper for the actual mandrill gem, it adds a few things that makes it easier to use. You could just stub/mock Mandrill::Messages to test that the correct attributes are getting passed to the send_template method.

I still wouldn't test the actual request being made (with something like VCR), at that point you're doubling up on tests from the Mandrill gem.

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Hi Adam

Thanks for the feedback - though, I've no desire to stub things out, given they're acceptance-level tests (I certainly stub out the mailer for unit tests). I may investigate adapting the mandrill gem to have a test mode that stores requests but doesn't send them through (much like ActionMailer::Base.deliveries).

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Closing since this was merged ;)

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