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# Getting Started

### API Repository automated testing

The Elentra API contains automated unit and functional tests that determine if the API is running as expected. Adding and maintaining the Elentra API automated tests ensures the Elentra application is stable. 

### Running API automated tests

This section will describe how to set up a testing environment with seed data, and then run the automated tests.