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title: Run tests and next steps
linkTitle: Run tests
description: Run your Testcontainers WireMock integration tests and explore next steps.
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## Run the tests

```console
$ ./mvnw test
```

Or with Gradle:

```console
$ ./gradlew test
```

You should see the WireMock Docker container start in the console output. It
acts as the photo service, serving mock responses based on the configured
expectations. All tests should pass.

## Summary

You built a Spring Boot application that integrates with an external REST API,
then tested that integration using three different approaches:

- WireMock JUnit 5 extension with inline stubs
- WireMock JUnit 5 extension with JSON mapping files
- Testcontainers WireMock module running WireMock in a Docker container

Testing at the HTTP protocol level instead of mocking Java methods lets you
catch serialization issues and simulate realistic failure scenarios.

To learn more about Testcontainers, visit the
[Testcontainers overview](https://testcontainers.com/getting-started/).

## Further reading

- [Testcontainers WireMock module](https://testcontainers.com/modules/wiremock/)
- [WireMock documentation](https://wiremock.org/docs/)
- [Testcontainers JUnit 5 quickstart](https://java.testcontainers.org/quickstart/junit_5_quickstart/)