require 'rails_helper'

describe CategoriesController do

  before do
    category = FactoryGirl.create(:category)
    FactoryGirl.create_list(:node_type, 4, category: category)
  end

  describe 'GET #index' do
    before do
      get :index, format: 'json'
    end
    it 'returns HTTP 200 status code' do
      get :index, format: 'json'
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
    end

    describe 'the response' do
      it 'has categories' do
        expect(json_response['categories'].length).to be > 0
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'GET #show' do
    it 'returns HTTP 200 status code' do
      get :show, id: Category.first.id, format: 'json'
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
    end
  end

  def json_response
    JSON.parse(response.body)
  end
end

require 'rails_helper'

describe CategoriesController do

  before do
    category = FactoryGirl.create(:category)
    FactoryGirl.create_list(:node_type, 4, category: category)
  end

  describe 'GET #index' do
    before do
      get :index, format: 'json'
    end
    it 'returns HTTP 200 status code' do
      get :index, format: 'json'
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
    end

    describe 'the response' do
      it 'has categories' do
        expect(json_response['categories'].length).to eq 1
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'GET #show' do
    it 'returns HTTP 200 status code' do
      get :show, id: Category.first.id, format: 'json'
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
    end
  end

  def json_response
    JSON.parse(response.body)
  end
end

--- 
+++ 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     describe 'the response' do
       it 'has categories' do
-        expect(json_response['categories'].length).to eq 1
+        expect(json_response['categories'].length).to be > 0
       end
     end
   end
Refactor categories controller to prevent failures in other scenarios

We change the condition for the categories controller index action to be less strict
because we want to ensure that data is being returned but we don't care about the amount.
