diff --git a/lib/resources/db.js b/lib/resources/db.js
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+++ b/lib/resources/db.js
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+const Mongoose = require("mongoose");
+
+module.exports = context => {
+	const mongoose = new Mongoose.Mongoose();
+	mongoose.connect(
+		context.connectionString,
+		{ useNewUrlParser: true }
+	);
+	const db = context.collections.reduce((dbObj, coll) => {
+		dbObj[coll] = mongoose.model(coll,
+			new mongoose.Schema({}, { strict: false }));
+		return dbObj;
+	}, {});
+
+	db.__mongoose__ = mongoose;
+
+	return db;
+
+};
diff --git a/lib/resources/index.js b/lib/resources/index.js
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+const request = require('./request');
+const db = require('./db');
+
+module.exports = {
+	request,
+	db,
+};
diff --git a/lib/resources/request.js b/lib/resources/request.js
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+++ b/lib/resources/request.js
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+module.exports = context => {
+
+	const chai = require('chai');
+	const chaiHttp = require('chai-http');
+	chai.use(chaiHttp);
+	const agent = (
+		chai.request
+		.agent(context.baseUrl)
+	);
+	return agent;
+
+};