Rspec: expect(request).to not_redirect? (opposite of redirect_to)

Question

I've got a request test in rspec that tests for several potential redirects from an endpoint, such as:

get registrations_path
expect(response).to redirect_to(new_registration_path)

In one case, I expect it to not redirect. Is there a way to negate the matcher redirect_to ? Or a matcher that explicitly asserts not_redirect?

I've tried variations such as these, without success:

expect(response).not_to redirect_to(nil)
expect(response).not_to redirect
expect(response).to not_redirect

I do have other tests that test for specifics of a non-redirecting response...but I want this high-level test to flesh out a suite of redirect tests.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 20:22

This isn't quite as tight as .to not_redirect, but is at least concise and obvious to understand:

it { expect(response).not_to have_http_status(:redirect) }

When the test fails, it gives a useful response:

 1. Failure/Error: expect(response).not_to have_http_status(:redirect)
        expected the response not to have a redirect status code (3xx) but it was 302

Rspec: expect(request).to not_redirect? (opposite of redirect_to)

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