Undefined local variable or `main_app 'method for helper test

Question

I got an error in rspec that runs my helper test in the main Rails application (with additional plugins)

1) MenuHelper maintence menu Failure/Error: before { menu = build_menu_maintence() } NameError: undefined local variable or method `main_app' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_3::Nested_1:0x007f92f561f280> # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:37:in `eval' # (eval):1:in `block in build_menu_items' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:37:in `eval' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:37:in `block in build_menu_items' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:23:in `each' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:23:in `build_menu_items' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:15:in `build_menu' # ./app/helpers/menu_helper.rb:48:in `build_menu_maintence' # ./spec/helpers/menu_helper_spec.rb:11:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>' 

Thanks for the advanced,

Answer 1

I had success in the following mount:

 def main_app Rails.application.class.routes.url_helpers end main_app.root_path