How to run real phoenix server during test?

Question

I'm implementing kinda tricky functionality with external libraries I can't mock. They needs to implement real requests to the server. So,

how can I run a web-server during tests implementation?

P.S. My config/test.exs:

config :my_reelty, MyReelty.Endpoint,
  http: [port: {:system, "PORT"}],
  url:  [host: "localhost", port: 5000] # Specific port

I'm trying to curl http://localhost:5000 but getting curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 5000: Connection refused

You want to run your Phoenix app on port 5000 while you run the tests for the same app? Sorry, I'm not following what you're trying to achieve here. — Dogbert, Jul 23 '16 at 12:51
Do you have `config :my_reelty, MyReelty.Endpoint, server: true` in `config/test.exs`? If not, try adding that. I can access the server from my tests with `server: true`. — Dogbert, Jul 23 '16 at 14:26
@asiniy, i trying to something that sounds similar to the title of your question. can you explain a little more how you did it? — fay, Feb 21 '17 at 08:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '16 at 17:09

You need to add server: true to the Endpoint's config:

config :my_reelty, MyReelty.Endpoint, server: true

The phoenix.new may have already generated similar config with server: false (it does for me in v1.2.0), so you can just change that false to true.

How to run real phoenix server during test?

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