`subject': wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError) Using Capybara

Question

I'm simply trying to test my user model.

The error comes from testing this bit.

describe User do
  before do 
    @user = User.new(email: "[email protected]", password:"foobar",
                 password_confirmation:"foobar", goal:"cut")
  end

  subject( @user )    
  .
  .
  .

Here is the exact error:

rspec-core-2.10.1/lib/rspec/core/subject.rb:180:in `subject': wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

In rspec 2.10.1, subject() does not allow for any arguments. See http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/2.10.1/RSpec/Core/Subject/ExampleGroupMethods#subject-instance_method

I believe you actually want to pass @user as a block, so:

subject{ @user }

Notice the {} instead of ().