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[[howto-testcontainers]]
=== Use TestContainers for integration testing
The https://www.testcontainers.org/[TestContainers] library provides a way to manage services running inside Docker containers.
It integrates with JUnit, allowing you to write a test class that can start up a container before any of the tests run.
TestContainers is especially useful for writing integration tests that talk to a real backend service such as MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra etc.
TestContainers can be used in a Spring Boot test as follows:
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@SpringBootTest
@Testcontainers
class ExampleIntegrationTests {
@Container
static Neo4jContainer<?> neo4j = new Neo4jContainer<>();
}
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This will start up a docker container running Neo4j (if Docker is running locally) before any of the tests are run.
In most cases, you will need to configure the application using details from the running container, such as container IP or port.
This can be done with a static `@DynamicPropertySource` method that allows adding adding dynamic property values to the Spring Environment.
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@SpringBootTest
@Testcontainers
class ExampleIntegrationTests {
@Container
static Neo4jContainer<?> neo4j = new Neo4jContainer<>();
@DynamicPropertySource
static void neo4jProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
registry.add("spring.data.neo4j.uri", neo4j::getBoltUrl);
}
}
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The above configuration allows Neo4j-related beans in the application to communicate with Neo4j running inside the Testcontainers-managed Docker container.