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Grails 2.5.0 - reset database to use test data

I would like to use separate testing software to create at least a portion of the tests for REST APIs. The other software runs tests faster and is also more portable. In order to use the testing software, I need to reset the database to have certain test data. Is there an easy way to have a service that drops all domain objects and creates a new "bootstrap" of data?

Solution

  • I suggest you to work with Grails environments. Simply define an environment rest-api-test. Within that environment you tell Hibernate to create-drop your database whenever Grails starts.

    Then define your test data set in the Bootstrap.groovy

    if (Environment.current.name == 'rest-api-test') {
   // insert your test data
}

    Then simply use grails run-app -Dgrails.env=rest-api-test and wait unit Grails started your web application. Then start your external test tool.