RSpec matchers for JSON API.

Add the following to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jsonapi-rspec'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Add to your spec/spec_helpers.rb:

# spec/spec_helpers.rb
require 'jsonapi/rspec'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include JSONAPI::RSpec

  # Support for documents with mixed string/symbol keys. Disabled by default.
  config.jsonapi_indifferent_hash = true
end

Available matchers:

• expect(document['data']).to have_id('12')
• expect(document['data']).to have_type('users')
• expect(document['data']).to have_jsonapi_attributes(:name, :email)
• expect(document['data']).to have_jsonapi_attributes(:name, :email, :country).exactly
• expect(document['data']).to have_attribute(:name).with_value('Lucas')
• expect(document['data']).to have_relationships(:posts, :comments)
• expect(document['data']).to have_relationships(:posts, :comments, :likes).exactly
• expect(document['data']).to have_relationship(:posts).with_data([{ 'id' => '1', 'type' => 'posts' }])
• expect(document['data']['relationships']['posts']).to have_links(:self, :related)
• expect(document['data']).to have_link(:self).with_value('http://api.example.com/users/12')
• expect(document).to have_meta
• expect(document).to have_meta('foo' => 'bar')
• expect(document).to have_meta('foo' => 'bar', 'fum' => 'baz').exactly
• expect(document).to have_jsonapi_object
• expect(document).to have_jsonapi_object('version' => '1.0')
• expect(document).to have_error('status' => '422')

Note: JSON:API spec requires JSON documents, thus attribute, relationship and link matcher arguments will always be converted into strings for consistency!!!

Basically, the tests bellow are absolutely equal:

expect(document['data']).to have_id(12)
expect(document['data']).to have_id('12')

expect(document['data']).to have_type(:users)
expect(document['data']).to have_type('users')

expect(document['data']).to have_jsonapi_attributes(:name, :email)
expect(document['data']).to have_jsonapi_attributes('name', 'email')

The JSON:API spec also requires the id and type to be strings, so any other argument passed will also be converted into a string.

If the document you are trying to test has mixed string/symbol keys, just configure matchers to be indifferent in that regard, using the jsonapi_indifferent_hash = true configuration option.

Checking for an included resource:

expect(response_body['included'])
  .to include(have_type('posts').and have_id('1'))

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jsonapi-rb/jsonapi-rspec

This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

jsonapi-rspec is released under the MIT License.