Populate a database with TestContainers in a SpringBoot integration test

Question

I am testing TestContainers and I would like to know how to populate a database executing a .sql file to create the structure and add some rows.

How to do it?

Answer 1

When using Spring Boot, I find it easiest to use the JDBC URL support of TestContainers.

You can create a application-integration-test.properties file (typically in src/test/resources with something like this:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:tc:postgresql://localhost/myappdb
spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.testcontainers.jdbc.ContainerDatabaseDriver
spring.datasource.username=user
spring.datasource.password=password
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
# This line is only needed if you are using flyway for database migrations
# and not using the default location of `db/migration`
spring.flyway.locations=classpath:db/migration/postgresql

Note the :tc part in the JDBC url.

You can now write a unit test like this:

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@DataJpaTest
@AutoConfigureTestDatabase(replace = AutoConfigureTestDatabase.Replace.NONE) @ActiveProfiles("integration-test")
public class UserRepositoryIntegrationTest {
      @Autowired
      private MyObjectRepository repository;
      @PersistenceContext
      private EntityManager entityManager;
      @Autowired
      private JdbcTemplate template;

@Test
public void test() {
  // use your Spring Data repository, or the EntityManager or the JdbcTemplate to run your SQL and populate your database.
}

Note: This is explained in Practical Guide to Building an API Back End with Spring Boot, chapter 7 in more detail (Disclaimer: I am the author of the book)