Will now automatically skip tests if not configured correctly.

src/test/java/com/messners/gitlab/api/TestGitLabApi.java

 package com.messners.gitlab.api;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.messners.gitlab.api.models.Branch;
 import com.messners.gitlab.api.models.Project;
 
+/**
+ * In order for these tests to run you must set the following systems properties:
+ * 
+ * TEST_NAMESPACE
+ * TEST_PROJECT_NAME
+ * TEST_HOST_URL
+ * TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN
+ * 
+ * If any of the above are NULL, all tests in this class will be skipped.  If running from mvn simply 
+ * use a command line similar to:
+ * 
+ * mvn test -DTEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN=your_private_token -DTEST_HOST_URL=https://gitlab.com \
+ *      -DTEST_NAMESPACE=your_namespace -DTEST_PROJECT_NAME=test-project
+ *
+ */
 public class TestGitLabApi {
-	
-	// The following needs to be set to your test repository
-	private static final String TEST_HOST_URL = "https://your.gitlab.host.url";
-	private static final String TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN = "YOUR PRIVATE TOKEN";
-	
-	private static GitLabApi gitLabApi;
-	
-	public TestGitLabApi () {
-		super();
-	}
-	
-	@BeforeClass
-	public static void setup () {
-		gitLabApi = new GitLabApi(TEST_HOST_URL, TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void testProjects () {
-			
-		 try {
-			 List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProjects();
-			 assertTrue(projects != null);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			System.err.println("Check TEST_HOST_URL and TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN, they are probably not set.");
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void testOwnedProjects () {
-			
-		 try {
-			 List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getOwnedProjects();
-			 assertTrue(projects != null);
-			 
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			System.err.println("Check TEST_HOST_URL and TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN, they are probably not set.");		
-		}
-	}
+
+    // The following needs to be set to your test repository
+    private static final String TEST_PROJECT_NAME;
+    private static final String TEST_NAMESPACE;
+    private static final String TEST_HOST_URL;
+    private static final String TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN;
+    static {
+        TEST_NAMESPACE = System.getProperty("TEST_NAMESPACE");
+        TEST_PROJECT_NAME = System.getProperty("TEST_PROJECT_NAME");
+        TEST_HOST_URL = System.getProperty("TEST_HOST_URL");
+        TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN = System.getProperty("TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN");
+    }
+
+    private static final String TEST_BRANCH_NAME = "feature/test_branch";
+    private static GitLabApi gitLabApi;
+
+    public TestGitLabApi() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() {
+
+        String problems = "";
+        if (TEST_NAMESPACE == null || TEST_NAMESPACE.trim().length() == 0) {
+            problems += "TEST_NAMESPACE cannot be empty\n";
+        }
+
+        if (TEST_PROJECT_NAME == null || TEST_PROJECT_NAME.trim().length() == 0) {
+            problems += "TEST_PROJECT_NAME cannot be empty\n";
+        }
+
+        if (TEST_HOST_URL == null || TEST_HOST_URL.trim().length() == 0) {
+            problems += "TEST_HOST_URL cannot be empty\n";
+        }
+
+        if (TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN == null || TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN.trim().length() == 0) {
+            problems += "TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN cannot be empty\n";
+        }
+
+        if (problems.isEmpty()) {
+            gitLabApi = new GitLabApi(TEST_HOST_URL, TEST_PRIVATE_TOKEN);
+        } else {
+            System.err.print(problems);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void teardown() throws GitLabApiException {
+        if (gitLabApi != null) {
+            Project project = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProject(TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
+            gitLabApi.getRepositoryApi().deleteBranch(project.getId(), TEST_BRANCH_NAME);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void beforeMethod() {
+        assumeTrue(gitLabApi != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProjects() throws GitLabApiException {
+        List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProjects();
+        assertTrue(projects != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOwnedProjects() throws GitLabApiException {
+        List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getOwnedProjects();
+        assertTrue(projects != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateBranch() throws GitLabApiException {
+        Project project = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProject(TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
+        assertNotNull(project);
+
+        Branch branch = gitLabApi.getRepositoryApi().createBranch(project.getId(), TEST_BRANCH_NAME, "master");
+        assertNotNull(branch);
+    }
 }