ruby - Rails: Delete request in capybara, bug or my mistake? -

in michael hartl's rails tutorial (rails 3.2), in listing 9.52:

      describe "when signing in again"         before           delete signout_path           print page.html <---- insert here           visit signin_path           print page.html <---- insert here again           fill_in "email",    with: user.email           fill_in "password", with: user.password           click_button "sign in"         end          "should render default (profile) page"           page.should have_selector('title', text: user.name)          end       end 

i inserted 2 prints. and, surprisingly got printout of same page (which shouldn't be, supposed bring root url after sending delete request). after happens, since visit signin_path takes me sign in page, sign in procedure succeeds , test case. however, second print page.html gave me header of user whom still signed in.

when changed delete signout_path click_link "sign out", worked.

did miss in code or it's capybara bug? (cause i'm pretty sure followed right..)

update: if change delete signout_path capybara.current_session.driver.delete signout_path works fine. (meaning capybara signs out user correctly)

update

these files (sessions controller , helper):

sessions_controller.rb

class sessionscontroller < applicationcontroller    def new   end    def create     user = user.find_by_email(params[:session][:email].downcase)     if user && user.authenticate(params[:session][:password])       sign_in user       redirect_back_or user     else       flash.now[:error] = 'invalid email/password combination'       render 'new'     end   end    def destroy     sign_out     redirect_to root_url   end  end 

sessions_helper.rb

module sessionshelper   def sign_in(user)     cookies.permanent[:remember_token] = user.remember_token     self.current_user = user   end    def signed_in?     !current_user.nil?   end    def current_user=(user)     @current_user = user   end    def current_user?(user)     user == current_user   end    def signed_in_user     unless signed_in?       store_location       redirect_to signin_url, notice: "please sign in."     end   end    def current_user     @current_user ||= user.find_by_remember_token(cookies[:remember_token])   end    def sign_out     self.current_user = nil     cookies.delete(:remember_token)   end    def redirect_back_or(default)     redirect_to(session[:return_to] || default)     session.delete(:return_to)   end    def store_location     session[:return_to] = request.url   end end 

routes.rb

demoapp::application.routes.draw   ...    root to: 'static_pages#home'    match '/signup', to: 'users#new'   match '/signin', to: 'sessions#new'   match '/signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', via: :delete    resources :sessions, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]    ...  end 

delete signout_path not work on capybara feature specs. get, post, put, delete controller spec specific methods , not available in feature specs.

you want making actual requests (via click, submit, etc...) in capybara specs since trying test.

if want ensure session clear "setup" it's best via model.

as aside, if @ describing "when signing in again", want "log out" can "sign in again".