[CDAPI-18]: Added support for using a .env file for local testing

Author: nhsd-jack-wainwright

.github/workflows/stage-2-test.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "Test stage"
 
 env:
   BASE_URL: "http://localhost:5001"
-  HOSTNAME: "localhost"
+  HOST: "localhost"
 
 on:
   workflow_call:

pathology-api/poetry.lock

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ dev = [
     "schemathesis>=4.4.1",
     "types-requests (>=2.32.4.20250913,<3.0.0.0)",
     "types-pyyaml (>=6.0.12.20250915,<7.0.0.0)",
+    "python-dotenv (>=1.2.1,<2.0.0)",
 ]
 
 [tool.mypy]

pathology-api/pyproject.toml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tests/
 > When running tests the following environment variables need to be provided:
 >
 > - `BASE_URL` - defines the protocol, hostname and port that should used to access the running APIs. Should be included as a URL in the format <protocol>:<hostname>:<port>, for example "<http://localhost:5000>" if the APIs are available on the "localhost" host via HTTP using port 5000.
-> - `HOSTNAME` - defines the hostname that should be used to access the running APIs. This should match the host portion of the URL provided in the `BASE_URL` environment variable above.
+> - `HOST` - defines the hostname that should be used to access the running APIs. This should match the host portion of the URL provided in the `BASE_URL` environment variable above.
 
 ### Install Dependencies (if not using Dev container)
 

pathology-api/tests/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 import pytest
 import requests
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
 
 
 class Client:
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ def base_url() -> str:
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def hostname() -> str:
     """Retrieves the hostname of the currently deployed application."""
-    return _fetch_env_variable("HOSTNAME", str)
+    return _fetch_env_variable("HOST", str)
 
 
 def _fetch_env_variable[T](name: str, t: type[T]) -> T:

pathology-api/tests/conftest.py

@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ test: # Run all the test tasks @Testing
 	make \
 		test-unit \
 		test-lint \
-		test-coverage \
 		test-contract \
 		test-security \
 		test-ui \
 		test-ui-performance \
 		test-integration \
 		test-accessibility \
 		test-load \
-		test-acceptance\
+		test-acceptance \
 		test-schema
 
 _test: