Jul 10 - Add test suite

config.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from datetime import timedelta
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from sqlalchemy.pool import StaticPool
 
 # Load .env from the project root (only takes effect locally; no-op in production
 # if variables are already set in the environment)
@@ -80,8 +81,34 @@ class ProductionConfig(Config):
     # Inherits SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True from Config — no override needed.
 
 
+class TestingConfig(Config):
+    """Config for the automated test suite (pytest).
+
+    Uses an in-memory SQLite database with a StaticPool so the single
+    connection — and therefore the schema created by db.create_all() — persists
+    across every request the test client makes within one app instance. CSRF and
+    rate limiting are disabled so tests can POST directly, and mail is
+    suppressed. DEBUG=True short-circuits the file-logging block in create_app()
+    so the suite never writes to logs/jqc.log.
+    """
+    TESTING = True
+    DEBUG   = True
+
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite://'   # in-memory
+    SQLALCHEMY_ENGINE_OPTIONS = {
+        'connect_args': {'check_same_thread': False},
+        'poolclass':    StaticPool,
+    }
+
+    WTF_CSRF_ENABLED      = False
+    RATELIMIT_ENABLED     = False
+    MAIL_SUPPRESS_SEND    = True
+    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+
+
 config = {
     'development': DevelopmentConfig,
     'production':  ProductionConfig,
+    'testing':     TestingConfig,
     'default':     DevelopmentConfig,
 }