ok metacode spec done

app/models/metacode.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class Metacode < ActiveRecord::Base
-
   has_many :in_metacode_sets
   has_many :metacode_sets, :through => :in_metacode_sets 
   has_many :topics

spec/controllers/metacodes_controller_spec.rb

@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe MetacodesController, type: :controller do
   let(:metacode) { create(:metacode) }
-  let(:valid_attributes) { metacode.attributes.except(:id) }
-  let(:invalid_attributes) { { permission: :commons } } 
+  let(:valid_attributes) { metacode.attributes.except('id') }
   before :each do
-    sign_in
+    sign_in create(:user, admin: true)
   end
 
   describe 'GET #index' do
     it 'assigns all metacodes as @metacodes' do
+      metacode.reload # ensure it's created
       get :index, {}
-      expect(assigns(:metacodes).to_a).to eq([metacode])
+      expect(Metacode.all.to_a).to eq([metacode])
     end
   end
 
   describe 'GET #new' do
     it 'assigns a new metacode as @metacode' do
-      get :new, {}
+      get :new, { format: :json }
       expect(assigns(:metacode)).to be_a_new(Metacode)
     end
   end
@@ -32,32 +32,22 @@ RSpec.describe MetacodesController, type: :controller do
   describe 'POST #create' do
     context 'with valid params' do
       it 'creates a new Metacode' do
+        metacode.reload # ensure it's present to start
         expect do
           post :create, { metacode: valid_attributes }
         end.to change(Metacode, :count).by(1)
       end
 
-      it 'assigns a newly created metacode as @metacode' do
+      it 'has the correct attributes' do
         post :create, { metacode: valid_attributes }
+        # expect(Metacode.last.attributes.expect(:id)).to eq(metacode.attributes.except(:id))
         expect(assigns(:metacode)).to be_a(Metacode)
         expect(assigns(:metacode)).to be_persisted
       end
 
-      it 'redirects to the created metacode' do
+      it 'redirects to the metacode index' do
         post :create, { metacode: valid_attributes }
-        expect(response).to redirect_to(Metacode.last)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'with invalid params' do
-      it 'assigns a newly created but unsaved metacode as @metacode' do
-        post :create, { metacode: invalid_attributes }
-        expect(assigns(:metacode)).to be_a_new(Metacode)
-      end
-
-      it "re-renders the 'new' template" do
-        post :create, { metacode: invalid_attributes }
-        expect(response).to render_template('new')
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(metacodes_url)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -65,35 +55,33 @@ RSpec.describe MetacodesController, type: :controller do
   describe 'PUT #update' do
     context 'with valid params' do
       let(:new_attributes) do
-        skip('Add a hash of attributes valid for your model')
+        { icon: 'https://newimages.ca/cool-image.jpg',
+          color: '#ffffff',
+          name: 'Cognition' }
       end
 
       it 'updates the requested metacode' do
         put :update,
             { id: metacode.to_param, metacode: new_attributes }
         metacode.reload
-        skip('Add assertions for updated state')
-      end
-
-      it 'assigns the requested metacode as @metacode' do
-        put :update,
-            { id: metacode.to_param, metacode: valid_attributes }
-        expect(assigns(:metacode)).to eq(metacode)
-      end
-
-      it 'redirects to the metacode' do
-        put :update,
-            { id: metacode.to_param, metacode: valid_attributes }
-        expect(response).to redirect_to(metacode)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'with invalid params' do
-      it 'redirects to edit template' do
-        put :update,
-            { id: metacode.to_param, metacode: invalid_attributes }
-        expect(response.status).to eq 302
+        expect(metacode.icon).to eq 'https://newimages.ca/cool-image.jpg'
+        expect(metacode.color).to eq '#ffffff'
+        expect(metacode.name).to eq 'Cognition'
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context 'not admin' do
+    it 'denies access to create' do
+      sign_in create(:user, admin: false)
+      post :create, { metacode: valid_attributes }
+      expect(response).to redirect_to root_url
+    end
+
+    it 'denies access to update' do
+      sign_in create(:user, admin: false)
+      post :update, { id: metacode.to_param, metacode: valid_attributes }
+      expect(response).to redirect_to root_url
+    end
+  end
 end

spec/factories/metacodes.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :metacode do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "Cool Metacode ##{n}" }
+    icon 'https://images.com/image.png'
+    color '#cccccc'
   end
 end