--- title: Integration testing with Spanner emulator and GitHub actions description: Learn how to set up integration testing for Spanner using GitHub Actions and the Spanner emulator. The emulator allows for rapid development of applications... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/integration-testing-with-spanner-emulator-and-github-actions-m2r7xvqgb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Integration testing with Spanner emulator and GitHub actions | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up integration testing for Spanner using GitHub Actions and the Spanner emulator. The emulator allows for rapid development of applications... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/integration-testing-with-spanner-emulator-and-github-actions-m2r7xvqgb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/M2r7XvQgB.png og:image:alt: Integration testing with Spanner emulator and GitHub actions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/sources/gcp) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/M2r7XvQgB) # [Integration testing with Spanner emulator and GitHub actions](https://api.daily.dev/r/M2r7XvQgB "Go to post") Learn how to set up integration testing for Spanner using GitHub Actions and the Spanner emulator. The emulator allows for rapid development of applications backed by a Spanner database without incurring any cloud costs. The post provides step-by-step instructions on setting up the emulator, creating a Spanner instance and database, starting the profile service, running tests, and cleaning up afterward. 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