# Testing REST API integrations in Micronaut apps using WireMock — Set up the project

> Create a Micronaut project from Micronaut Launch by selecting the http-client, micronaut-test-rest-assured, and testcontainers features.

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## Knowledge

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Create a Micronaut project from Micronaut Launch by selecting the http-client, micronaut-test-rest-assured, and testcontainers features.

Alternatively, clone the guide repository.

After generating the project, add the WireMock and Testcontainers WireMock libraries as test dependencies. The key dependencies in pom.xml are

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```xml
&lt;parent&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;io.micronaut.platform&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;micronaut-parent&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;4.1.2&lt;/version&gt;
&lt;/parent&gt;

&lt;properties&gt;
    &lt;jdk.version&gt;17&lt;/jdk.version&gt;
    &lt;micronaut.version&gt;4.1.2&lt;/micronaut.version&gt;
    &lt;micronaut.runtime&gt;netty&lt;/micronaut.runtime&gt;
&lt;/properties&gt;

&lt;repositories&gt;
    &lt;repository&gt;
        &lt;id&gt;jitpack.io&lt;/id&gt;
        &lt;url&gt;https://jitpack.io&lt;/url&gt;
    &lt;/repository&gt;
&lt;/repositories&gt;

&lt;dependencies&gt;
    &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;io.micronaut&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;micronaut-http-client&lt;/artifactId&gt;
        &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
    &lt;/dependency&gt;
    &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;io.micronaut&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;micronaut-http-server-netty&lt;/artifactId&gt;
        &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
    &lt;/dependency&gt;
    &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;io.micronaut.serde&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;micronaut-serde-jackson&lt;/artifactId&gt;
```

This guide builds an application that manages video albums. A third-party REST API handles photo assets. For demonstration purposes, the application uses the publicly available JSONPlaceholder API as a photo service.

The application exposes a GET /api/albums/{albumId} endpoint that calls the photo service to fetch photos for a given album. WireMock is a tool for building mock APIs. Testcontainers provides a WireMock module that runs WireMock as a Docker container.

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