# How to mock an index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-mock-an-index/315580>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** language-clients\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-mock-an-index/315580 "2022-09-30T14:34:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sajidb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sajidb/32/111548_2.png) [@sajidb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sajidb)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-mock-an-index/315580/1 "2022-09-30T14:34:12Z")

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I want to create an integration test in C#10 (.NET 6) that does some tests on the Elasticsearch index but I can't do it with the real data. I want to mock an index or create an index with dummy data and then test it by giving mock inputs and expecting results.  
The index will be for the testing purposes that's why either mocking or creating a dummy will work.

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**Author:** ![RabBit\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rabbit_br/32/82261_2.png) [@RabBit\_BR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RabBit_BR)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-mock-an-index/315580/2 "2022-10-01T00:08:08Z")

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Hi @sajidb .

I use [testcontainer](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-dotnet) for integrations tests. Maybe help you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-mock-an-index/315580/3 "2022-10-29T00:09:00Z")

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