require 'test_helper' module ActionController module Serialization class ExplicitSerializerTest < ActionController::TestCase class MyController < ActionController::Base def render_using_explicit_serializer @profile = Profile.new(name: 'Name 1', description: 'Description 1', comments: 'Comments 1') render json: @profile, serializer: ProfilePreviewSerializer end def render_array_using_explicit_serializer array = [ Profile.new(name: 'Name 1', description: 'Description 1', comments: 'Comments 1'), Profile.new(name: 'Name 2', description: 'Description 2', comments: 'Comments 2') ] render json: array, serializer: PaginatedSerializer, each_serializer: ProfilePreviewSerializer end def render_array_using_implicit_serializer array = [ Profile.new(name: 'Name 1', description: 'Description 1', comments: 'Comments 1'), Profile.new(name: 'Name 2', description: 'Description 2', comments: 'Comments 2') ] render json: array, each_serializer: ProfilePreviewSerializer end end tests MyController def test_render_using_explicit_serializer get :render_using_explicit_serializer assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type assert_equal '{"name":"Name 1"}', @response.body end def test_render_array_using_explicit_serializer get :render_array_using_explicit_serializer assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type expected = { 'paginated' => [ { 'name' => 'Name 1' }, { 'name' => 'Name 2' } ] } assert_equal expected.to_json, @response.body end def test_render_array_using_explicit_serializer get :render_array_using_implicit_serializer assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type expected = [ { 'name' => 'Name 1' }, { 'name' => 'Name 2' } ] assert_equal expected.to_json, @response.body end end end end