1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spec/support/api_helpers.rb b/spec/support/api_helpers.rb
index e35d5735ec3..7d9011971dd 100644
--- a/spec/support/api_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/api_helpers.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 module ApiHelpers
-  def api_prefix
-    "/api/#{Gitlab::API::VERSION}"
+  # Public: Prepend a request path with the path to the API
+  #
+  # path - Path to append
+  # user - User object - If provided, automatically appends private_token query
+  #          string for authenticated requests
+  #
+  # Examples
+  #
+  #   >> api('/issues')
+  #   => "/api/v2/issues"
+  #
+  #   >> api('/issues', User.last)
+  #   => "/api/v2/issues?private_token=..."
+  #
+  #   >> api('/issues?foo=bar', User.last)
+  #   => "/api/v2/issues?foo=bar&private_token=..."
+  #
+  # Returns the relative path to the requested API resource
+  def api(path, user = nil)
+    "/api/#{Gitlab::API::VERSION}#{path}" +
+
+      # Normalize query string
+      (path.index('?') ? '' : '?') +
+
+      # Append private_token if given a User object
+      (user.respond_to?(:private_token) ?
+        "&private_token=#{user.private_token}" : "")
   end
 
   def json_response