what is the best way to use WebApplicationFactory inside Before(HookType) test

[ahmed-abdelrazek]

after setting up my asp core web api app like this https://tunit.dev/docs/examples/aspnet
what would be the best way of doing the following?

[ClassDataSource<APIWebApplicationFactory>(Shared = SharedType.PerTestSession)]
public required APIWebApplicationFactory webApplicationFactory { get; init; }

[Before(Class)]
public static async Task SeedDataAsync()
{
    var dbContext = webApplicationFactory.GetDbContext();

    if (await dbContext.Entites.AnyAsync())
    {
        return;
    }

    var entityFaker = new Faker<Entity>();

    dbContext.Entites.AddRange(entityFaker.GenerateBetween(5,15));
    dbContext.Entites.SaveChanges();
}

turing the webApplicationFactory property into static? a way to make [Before(Class)] not static?

[thomhurst]

If you want to use it in Before(Class), then turning the property static should work

[ahmed-abdelrazek]

sure but what i'm specifically asking about is this best practice or there a better way

[thomhurst]

If this is just a one-time setup you can make APIWebApplicationFactory implement IAsyncInitializer and do it inside there.

[ahmed-abdelrazek]

thank you