RSpec basic authentication helper module for request and controller specs

module AuthHelper

  def http_login

    user = 'username'

    pw = 'password'

    request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(user,pw)

  end

end

module AuthRequestHelper

  #

  # pass the @env along with your request, eg:

  #

  # GET '/labels', {}, @env

  #

  def http_login

    @env ||= {}

    user = 'username'

    pw = 'password'

    @env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(user,pw)

  end

end

# then in Rspec support:

RSpec.configure do |config|

  config.include AuthRequestHelper, :type => :request

  config.include AuthHelper, :type => :controller

end

# request specs need to explicitly pass the @env parameter along, eg:

describe "some request" do

  http_login # or put this in a before :all

  GET '/path', {}, @env

end