diff --git a/spec/integration/api_defender_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api_defender_spec.rb
index 40f48e368..f603e10f4 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api_defender_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api_defender_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ describe ApiDefender do
     ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials u, pass
   end
 
+  def get_request auth_user = nil, by_token = false
+    auth = auth_user ? {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth(auth_user, by_token)} : {}
+    get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, auth
+  end
+
   before do
     stub_symlink_methods && stub_redis
     @redis = Redis.new
@@ -29,61 +34,59 @@ describe ApiDefender do
 
   context 'for anonymous user' do
     it "should return the total limit" do
-      get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"
+      get_request
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Limit'].should == @rate_limit.to_s
     end
 
     it "should return the correct limit usage for anonymous user" do
-      get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"
+      get_request
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining'].should == (@rate_limit-1).to_s
     end
 
     it "should return the correct limit usage for anonymous user after authenticated access" do
-      get("/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth})
-      get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"
+      get_request @user
+      get_request
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining'].should == (@rate_limit-2).to_s
     end
 
     it "should forbidden anonymous user after exceeding limit rate" do
-      (@rate_limit+1).times {get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"}
+      (@rate_limit+1).times {get_request}
       response.status.should == 403
     end
   end
 
   context 'for user' do
     it "should return the correct limit usage for auth user" do
-      get("/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth})
+      get_request @user
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining'].should == (@rate_limit-1).to_s
     end
 
     it "should return the correct limit usage for auth user after anonymous access" do
-      get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"
-      get("/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth})
+      get_request
+      get_request @user
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining'].should == (@rate_limit-1).to_s
     end
 
     it "should forbidden user after exceeding limit rate" do
-      (@rate_limit+1).times {get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth}}
+      (@rate_limit+1).times {get_request @user}
       response.status.should == 403
     end
 
     it "should not forbidden user after exceeding limit rate of the anonymous" do
-      (@rate_limit+1).times {get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json"}
-      get("/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth})
+      (@rate_limit+1).times {get_request}
+      get_request @user
       response.status.should == 200
     end
   end
 
   context 'for system user' do
     it "should not return the limit usage for system user" do
-      get("/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth(@system_user, true)})
+      get_request @system_user, true
       response.headers['X-RateLimit-Limit'].should_not == @rate_limit.to_s
     end
 
     it "should not forbidden system user" do
-      (@rate_limit+1).times do
-        get "/api/v1/users/#{@user.id}.json", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => get_basic_auth(@system_user, true)}
-      end
+      (@rate_limit+1).times {get_request @system_user, true}
       response.status.should == 200
     end
   end