@BeforeClass public static void beforeClass() { Properties props = new Properties(); try { props.load(TemplatesTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("mandrill.properties")); } catch (IOException e) { fail("properties file not loaded"); } config.setApiKey(props.getProperty("apiKey")); config.setApiVersion("1.0"); config.setBaseURL("https://mandrillapp.com/api"); request.setConfig(config); request.setObjectMapper(mapper); templatesRequest.setRequest(request); }