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POPaperclip::Attachment passed as string when using FactoryGirl
 

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    <p>I am trying to create a functional test for paperclip 3.1.2 on rails 3.2.6 using FactoryGirl 3.0 and when i pass the file attachment my controller receives a string which is the file location and not the Paperclip::Attachment object.</p> <p>My factory is:</p> <pre><code>include ActionDispatch::TestProcess FactoryGirl.define do factory :artist do id 1 name 'MyString' photo {fixture_file_upload("#{Rails.root}/test/fixtures/files/rails.png",'image/png')} end end </code></pre> <p>And my test is:</p> <pre><code>test "should create artist" do assert_difference('Artist.count') do post :create, :artist =&gt; { name: @artist.name, photo: @artist.photo }, :html =&gt; { :multipart =&gt; true } end assert_redirected_to artist_path(assigns(:artist)) end </code></pre> <p>In my controller this : </p> <pre><code>params[:artist][:photo].class.name </code></pre> <p>equals "String", but this passes when i add it to the test </p> <pre><code>assert @artist.photo.class.name == "Paperclip::Attachment" </code></pre> <p>My current workaround is to create the fixture_file_upload in the test :</p> <pre><code>test "should create artist" do assert_difference('Artist.count') do photo = fixture_file_upload("/files/rails.png",'image/png') post :create, :artist =&gt; { name: @artist.name, photo: photo }, :html =&gt; { :multipart =&gt; true } end assert_redirected_to artist_path(assigns(:artist)) end </code></pre> <p>which works but creates a "Rack::Test::UploadedFile" and so I'm pretty confused why my factory returns a "Paperclip::Attachment" when the same method is called to create them both.</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any light that you can shed on this as obviously I would like to use the factory rather than defining the fixture_file_upload outside of it.</p>
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