# Acceptance tests bridging back-end

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/acceptance-tests-bridging-back-end/5799>\
**Category:** Testing\
**Created:** [June 30, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/acceptance-tests-bridging-back-end/5799 "2014-06-30T15:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![oliverbarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/oliverbarnes/32/9295_2.png) [@oliverbarnes](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/oliverbarnes)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/acceptance-tests-bridging-back-end/5799/1 "2014-06-30T15:24:46Z")

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Hello,

Ember newbie here, just getting started on an ember-cli app that will talk to a separate API app I’m building as well.

On this [presentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W74u0yKnL2Q&feature=youtu.be), Joe Fiorini mentions having acceptance tests that hit the api so that the integration is reliable.

I would like to do this as well, but am not sure what the setup should be. Would a local instance of the API be spun up in parallel to the local ember app, or is it better to have a testing server hosted somewhere?

In both cases, how is the setup/teardown cycle done in the API side?

Cheers,

Oliver