AbstractController::DoubleRenderError with my respond_to in rspec - ruby

Question

I got this Rails3 action:
def export
respond_to do |format|
format.tdl { render :xml => #template.export_as_tdl and return }
format.json { render :json => #template.export_as_json }
end
end
and filter before the export:
def find_environment
#environment = KTEnvironment.find(params[:environment_id])
raise HttpErrors::NotFound, _("Couldn't find environment '#{params[:environment_id]}'") if #environment.nil?
#environment
end
and this rspec:
describe "export" do
it "should call export_as_json" do
#tpl.should_receive(:export_as_json)
get :export, :id => TEMPLATE_ID
end
it "should call export_as_tdl" do
#tpl.should_receive(:export_as_tdl)
get :export, :id => TEMPLATE_ID, :format => 'tdl'
end
end
I also defined the following MIME type:
Mime::Type.register "application/tdl-xml", :tdl
When I try to run my rspec tests, I am constantly getting:
1) Api::TemplatesController export should call export_as_tdl
Failure/Error: get :export, :id => TEMPLATE_ID, :format => 'tdl'
AbstractController::DoubleRenderError:
Render and/or redirect were called multiple times in this action. Please note that you may only call render OR redirect, and at most once per action. Also note that neither redirect nor render terminate execution of the action, so if you want to exit an action after redirecting, you need to do something like "redirect_to(...) and return".
# ./app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb:135:in `render_exception'
# ./app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb:133:in `render_exception'
# ./app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb:22:in `__bind_1314974553_619675'
# ./spec/controllers/api/templates_controller_spec.rb:178
I have no clue what is happening there. This is my exception rendering code:
def render_wrapped_exception(status_code, ex)
logger.error "*** ERROR: #{ex.message} (#{status_code}) ***"
logger.error "REQUEST URL: #{request.fullpath}"
logger.error pp_exception(ex.original.nil? ? ex : ex.original)
orig_message = (ex.original.nil? && '') || ex.original.message
respond_to do |format|
format.json do
render :json => {
:errors => [ ex.message, orig_message ]
}, :status => status_code
end
format.all do
render :text => "#{ex.message} (#{orig_message})",
:status => status_code
end
end
end
Ah so the render_exception general method in my api_controller is called. It looks like:
def render_exception(status_code, exception)
logger.error pp_exception(exception)
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render :json => {:errors => [ exception.message ]}, :status => status_code }
format.all { render :text => exception.message, :status => status_code }
end
end

Answer 1

Try disabling your error handler, the root cause should come up on its own.