Creating an event without an end_time - events

I am trying to figure out how to create a new event without specifying an end_time. This has worked successfully in the Graph API Explorer, but not in my JavaScript code.
FB.api('/me/events?access_token=' + accessToken,'post',{name: retVal.name, start_time: retVal.start_time, location: retVal.location, description: retVal.description, privacy: 'SECRET'},function(retVal) {});
If I include an end_time, it works perfectly. But if not, I get '(#100) An event cannot have an end time before its start time.' There has to be a way to do this. My customers may not always want to specify an end time for whatever event they happen to be creating, and it might annoy them slightly if I put one in there for them.
Thanks

This works for me:
FB.api('/me/events','post',{name:"SomeTestEvent",start_time:1272718027,location:"my_location"},function(resp) {
console.log(resp);
});
Note: you need to have extended permission "create_event" as well.
Hope it helps

So... here's the deal. Basically, I'm an idiot. What I didn't catch in my testing is that the database for my local events requires an end_date, so it was using the start_date if one was not supplied. I had an if statement in the logic to check if the end_date was empty, which in this case it never was. So the API call was passing the same values in for both start and end, throwing the error.
That's what happens when you're working late at night...

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Cypress: Switching from cy.route() to cy.intercept()

It seems that most people I read about experence zero trouble with this. I, on the other hand, have a test suite which someone else wrote, in which I'm trying to replace route() with intercept(). The API intercepts are done to handle button clicks etc., and about 99.9% percent of them fails if I just replace it. So, there's obviously some syntax in/use of intercept() I've not found a description for.
Example:
This works:
cy.route('POST', getApiPrefix() + '/prosjektfinansiering/'+ pfId +'/eiendom', result);
This does not work. The button click is not executed:
cy.intercept('POST', getApiPrefix() + '/prosjektfinansiering/'+ pfId +'/eiendom', result);
I've tried adding '**' in front of "/prosjekt...", and I've tried removing 'POST', with no luck.
Any ideas? I'll gladly post more info if necessary.
UPDATE:
Futher attempts:
Getting some hints here and there, it seems that this is a more correct way of using intercept():
return cy.intercept('POST', getApiPrefix() + '/prosjektfinansiering/'+ pfId +'/eiendom', {
body: result
});
This doesn't work, either.
The variables result in these examples is an object describing what is sent back to the frontend of the POST-request in the route matches the api path.
For troubleshooting, I can see that when using intercept(), there is ONE route that is not working when using intercept (the bottom one in the picture). However, I cannot for the life of me see why, and how the route match can be written differently?
Most likely, you're mixing the old use of cy.route() and cy.server(). In my experience, those two won't work well together. It's easier when you're starting fresh with just cy.intercept().
Your update is correct too; You have to encapsulate the return value you want mocked in {body: value}.
from what I am seeing in your circled screenshot, the API is not called after you try to intercept it. (the count under # column is -)
You need to track when the API is to be called and ensure you intercept before the call is made. Cypres can help you with this. You can go through the run steps in the cypress window.
You could also share this if you don't mind.
If you are 100% certain the button makes the call. Steps should be:
cy.intercept()
cy.get('button').click()
In the cypress window, right after the click, you should see the API being called.

rspec testing that api call increments a counter

I have a test that works right now but it's ugly and I can't help thinking there is a better way to do this. Basically I pick a record from the database and then make an api call which should affect that record. However the only way to make the test pass is to pull the record from the database a second time.
it "counts how many times a client has pulled its config" do
client = Endpoint.last
config_count = client.config_count
post '/api/config', node_key: client.node_key
same_client = Endpoint.find_by node_key: client.node_key
# expect(client.config_count).to eq(config_count + 1)
expect(same_client.config_count).to eq(config_count + 1)
end
The commented out line does not work. This fix is so ugly that it makes me think I'm doing it wrong. I also tried this:
expect {post '/api/config', node_key: client.node_key}.to change {client.config_count}.by(1)
So what is the proper way to test this?
Probably several ways to solve it. I tend to call .reload on my object if I want updated values for it and don't care what exactly is happening inside the object itself.
it "counts how many times a client has pulled its config" do
client = Endpoint.last
config_count = client.config_count
post '/api/config', node_key: client.node_key
client.reload
expect(client.config_count).to eq(config_count + 1)
end

Meteor 0.5.9: replacement for using Session in a server method?

So, I was attempting to do something like the following:
if(Meteor.isServer){
Meteor.methods({connect_to_api: function(vars){
// get data from remote API
return data;
}});
}
if(Meteor.isClient){
Template.myTpl.content = function(){
Meteor.call('connect_to_api', vars, function(err,data){
Session.set('placeholder', data);
});
return Session.get('placeholder');
};
}
This seemed to be working fine, but, of course, now breaks in 0.5.9 as the Session object has been removed from the server. How in the world do you now create a reactive Template that uses a server-only (stuff we don't want loading on the client) method call and get data back from that Method call. You can't put any Session references in the callback function because it doesn't exist on the server, and I don't know of any other reactive data sources available for this scenario.
I'm pretty new to Meteor, so I'm really trying to pin down best-practices stuff that has the best chance of being future-proof. Apparently the above implementation was not it.
EDIT: To clarify, this is not a problem of when I'm returning from the Template function. This is a problem of Session existing on the server. The above code will generate the following error message on the server:
Exception while invoking method 'connect_to_api' ReferenceError: Session is not defined
at Meteor.methods.connect_to_api (path/to/file.js:#:#)
at _.extend.protocol_handlers.method.exception ... etc etc
Setting the session in the callback seems to work fine, see this project I created on github: https://github.com/jtblin/meteor_session_test. In this example, I return data in a server method, and set it in the session in the callback.
There are 2 issues with your code:
1) Missing closing brace placement in Meteor.methods. The code should be:
Meteor.methods({
connect_to_api: function(vars) {
// get data from remote API
return data;
}
});
2) As explained above, you return the value in the session, before the callback is completed, i.e. before the callback method had the time to set the session variable. I guess this is why you don't see any data in the session variable yet.
I feel like an idiot (not the first time, not the last). Thanks to jtblin for showing me that Session.set does indeed work in the callback, I went back and scoured my Meteor.method function. Turns out there was one spot buried in the code where I was using Session.get which was what was throwing the error. Once I passed that value in from the client rather than trying to get it in the method itself, all was right with the world.
Oh, and you can indeed order things as above without issue.

The "expected_title" procedure throws wrong error on expected title

I have some issues with "expected_title" procedure from watir-page-helper.
It is throwing an error like the current web page has a different title than the expected one, although it is the correct title:
RuntimeError: Expected title 'Some title' instead of 'Some Title'.
This happens randomly, and my tests fail frequently on different pages. The website on which I am working is loading in a reasonable amount of time, I don't think it is a loading page issue.
To initialize the pages I am using the next method:
#new_mail_editor = Module::Page.new(#browser, false)
This is for pages that are opened when accessing links.
Does someone have a clue why this is happening?
Is there a way to dodge this issue?
Thank you.
Watir-page-helper has been end-of-lifed, you should try page-object gem.
Meantime I found out what I was doing wrong. When initializing the browser and checking the title, I was using "has_expected_title?" instead of "expected_title". It seems that I didn't used correctly the first function
Now everything works great.

rails session_store odd behaviour

I am using active_record_store in a rails application which is storing this in session session[:email] = "email#address.com"
now this works fine in the action. but when this action gets over and is redirected to another page, which also accesses the same session[:email] I get an error
undefined method `eq' for nil:NilClass
this should probably mean that i am trying to compare values at some place i am not allowed to. but i cannot see anything like that in the code.
This looks like an old question, but I was just having the same problem and had to figure it out on my own, and thought I would post the solution up here for anyone else that runs into this. It's not very well documented, but to get this to work you have to add:
config.action_dispatch.session_store = :active_record_store
to application.rb, and
Application.config.session_store :active_record_store
to config/initializers/session_store.rb. Then, you have to do:
rake db:sessions:create
and:
rake db:migrate
Then, you have to restart your rails server. I think it was the db:sessions:create step that tripped up the original poster. Not only does that database table have to be laid out the way rails is expecting (that is, with an 'id' column, which is the actual cause of this error, I think), but also the current session has to have a valid ID. Hence the need to create the table and re-start the server, or potentially empty the table if it exists.

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