Updating the test database

Background

In order to run integration tests without requiring a network connection, frontend creates a local database of external HTTP requests which is used in place of a regular network client when running tests

Updating test database

If you are making or updating an external HTTP request (such as a CAPI query) in your test, for example where you are using the TestRequest object, you will need to:

• Run all tests locally. This will make a network request and modify files in the local test database.
• Add and commit new and modified database files. These will have file names like: data/database/014ed94831df96eeb792a6c22eda60432bb346c77dc6899328c6447faba6246c
• Check the tests pass in CI

Troubleshooting

• When running your test locally you may get an HTTP error due to the vagaries of the network, try re-running the failing tests using test-quick.
• If you get many test failures locally, try removing any local devOverrides as they may interfere with the config expected by the tests.
• If you get an error in CI such as Data file has not been checked in, check you have committed files in the /data/database folder.