text: import uuid
  import requests
  import uuid
  import time as ttime
  from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT
  import os
  from pymongo import MongoClient
  
  testing_config = dict(mongohost='localhost', mongoport=27017,
                        database='conftrak_test'+str(uuid.uuid4()), serviceport=7771,
                        tzone='US/Eastern')
  
  try:
      from subprocess import DEVNULL # py3k only
  except ImportError:
      import os
      DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
  
  def conftrak_setup():
      global proc
      env = os.environ.copy()
      f = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
      proc = Popen([os.path.join(os.path.split(env["_"])[0], "python"),
                    "../../startup.py", "--mongo-host",
                    testing_config["mongohost"], "--mongo-port",
                    str(testing_config['mongoport']), "--database",
                    testing_config['database'], "--timezone", testing_config['tzone'],
                    "--service-port", str(testing_config['serviceport'])]
                   , cwd=f, env=env, stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=STDOUT)
      print('Started the server with configuration..:{}'.format(testing_config))
      ttime.sleep(4) # make sure the process is started
  
  
  def conftrak_teardown():
      proc2 = Popen(['kill', '-9', str(proc.pid)])
      ttime.sleep(5) # make sure the process is killed
      conn = MongoClient(host=testing_config['mongohost'],
                         port=testing_config['mongoport'])
      conn.drop_database(testing_config['database'])
      conn.close()
      ttime.sleep(2)
  
  