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## createRestAppClient() function

Create a SuperTest client for a running RestApplication instance. It is the responsibility of the caller to ensure that the app is running and to stop the application after all tests are done.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function createRestAppClient(app: RestApplicationLike): supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  app | [RestApplicationLike](./testlab.restapplicationlike.md) | A running (listening) instance of a RestApplication. |

<b>Returns:</b>

supertest.SuperTest&lt;supertest.Test&gt;