Integration Test in Play Framework

Question

I am trying to get Integration Tests to work in Play Framework 2.1.1

My goal is to be able to run Integration Tests after unit tests to test component level functionality with the underlying database. The underlying database will have stored procedures, so it is essential that I am able to do more than just the "inMemoryDatabase" that you can configure in the Fake Application.

I would like the process to be:

1. Start TestServer with FakeApplication. Use an alternative integration test conf file
2. Run Integration tests (can filter by package or what not here)
3. Stop TestServer

I believe the best way to do this is in the Build.scala file.

I need assistance for how to setup the Build.scala file, as well as how to load the alternative integration test config file (project/it.conf right now)

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

The answer for this is shared in this blog post https://blog.knoldus.com/integration-test-configuration-in-play-framework/

Basically, in build.sbt:

// define a new configuration
lazy val ITest = config("it") extend(Test)

/// and add it to your project:

lazy val yourProject = (project in file("yourProject"))
.configs(ITest)
.settings(
  inConfig(ITest)(Defaults.testSettings),    
  ITest / scalaSource := baseDirectory.value / "it",
  [the rest of your configuration comes here])
.enablePlugins(PlayScala)

Just tested this in 2.8.3 and works like a charm.

Lauch your ITs from sbt using:

[yourProject] $ it:test