diff --git a/server/src/testing/mod.rs b/server/src/testing/mod.rs
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+// Functions which are only really useful for the unit tests but which show up 
+// constantly in the tests themselves
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub fn get_pool() -> mysql_async::Pool {
+    use dotenv::dotenv;
+    use mysql_async::Pool;
+
+    dotenv().ok();
+    return Pool::new(&std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub fn hyper_resp() -> hyper::Response<hyper::Body> {
+    use hyper::{Response, Body};
+
+    Response::new(Body::empty())
+}
+