From cf9f048daa21abb68197542f0537fb95eaa5244e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Po <apo2@uwo.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:48:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add TestApiFactory for BDD testing setup and include
 API.Specs project in solution

---
 src/Core/API/API.Specs/TestApiFactory.cs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/Core/Core.slnx                       |  1 +
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Core/API/API.Specs/TestApiFactory.cs

diff --git a/src/Core/API/API.Specs/TestApiFactory.cs b/src/Core/API/API.Specs/TestApiFactory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36e7820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/API/API.Specs/TestApiFactory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+namespace API.Specs
+{
+    public class TestApiFactory : WebApplicationFactory<Program>
+    {
+        protected override void ConfigureWebHost(IWebHostBuilder builder)
+        {
+            builder.UseEnvironment("Testing");
+
+            builder.ConfigureAppConfiguration((context, configBuilder) =>
+            {
+                var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DB_CONNECTION_STRING");
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Core.slnx b/src/Core/Core.slnx
index c2686d1..9fe412a 100644
--- a/src/Core/Core.slnx
+++ b/src/Core/Core.slnx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Solution>
   <Folder Name="/API/" >
     <Project Path="API/API.Core/API.Core.csproj"/>
+    <Project Path="API/API.Specs/API.Specs.csproj"/>
   </Folder>
   <Folder Name="/Database/">
     <Project Path="Database/Database.Core/Database.Core.csproj" />