Testing helper methods to use with Rack::Deflater

api_context.rb

def api_post_gziped(url, params={}, api_token = 'test_token')
  gzipped_data = ActiveSupport::Gzip.compress(params.to_json)
  post(url, gzipped_data, headers.merge('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => basic_auth_for(api_token),
                                          "HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING" => "gzip",
                                          'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'gzip/json'))
end

def decompressed_json_body
  Yajl::Parser.parse(ActiveSupport::Gzip.decompress(response.body))
end

def headers
  { 'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json',
    'HTTP_ACCEPT' => 'application/json',
    'HTTP_USER_AGENT' => 'Test Client' }
end