diff --git a/examples/testclient/README.rst b/examples/testclient/README.rst
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+===================
+Test Client Example
+===================
+
+This directory offers an example of using the Starlette test client
+to test a Connexion app. The app processes JSON requests and responses
+as specified with OpenAPI v2 (aka Swagger) or OpenAPI v3 file format.
+In addition, the responses are validated against the spec, and an error
+handler catches exceptions raised while processing a request. The tests
+are run by `tox` which also reports code coverage.
+
+Preparing
+---------
+
+Create a new virtual environment and install the required libraries
+with these commands:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ python -m venv my-venv
+    $ source my-venv/bin/activate
+    $ pip install 'connexion[flask,swagger-ui,uvicorn]>=3.1.0' tox
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+Run the test suite and generate the coverage report with this command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ tox
+
+Running
+-------
+
+Launch the connexion server with this command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ python -m hello.app
+
+Now open your browser and view the Swagger UI for these specification files:
+
+* http://localhost:8080/openapi/ui/ for the OpenAPI 3 spec
+* http://localhost:8080/swagger/ui/ for the Swagger 2 spec
diff --git a/examples/testclient/hello/__init__.py b/examples/testclient/hello/__init__.py
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+import logging
+
+from connexion import FlaskApp
+from connexion.lifecycle import ConnexionRequest, ConnexionResponse
+from connexion.problem import problem
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+async def handle_error(request: ConnexionRequest, ex: Exception) -> ConnexionResponse:
+    """
+    Report an error that happened while processing a request.
+    See: https://connexion.readthedocs.io/en/latest/exceptions.html
+
+    This function is defined as `async` so it can be called by the
+    Connexion asynchronous middleware framework without a wrapper.
+    If a plain function is provided, the framework calls the function
+    from a threadpool and the exception stack trace is not available.
+
+    :param request: Request that failed
+    :parm ex: Exception that was raised
+    :return: ConnexionResponse with RFC7087 problem details
+    """
+    # log the request URL, exception and stack trace
+    logger.exception("Request to %s caused exception", request.url)
+    return problem(title="Error", status=500, detail=repr(ex))
+
+
+def create_app() -> FlaskApp:
+    """
+    Create the Connexion FlaskApp, which wraps a Flask app.
+
+    :return Newly created FlaskApp
+    """
+    app = FlaskApp(__name__, specification_dir="spec/")
+    # hook the functions to the OpenAPI spec
+    title = {"title": "Hello World Plus Example"}
+    app.add_api("openapi.yaml", arguments=title, validate_responses=True)
+    app.add_api("swagger.yaml", arguments=title, validate_responses=True)
+    # hook an async function that is invoked on any exception
+    app.add_error_handler(Exception, handle_error)
+    # return the fully initialized FlaskApp
+    return app
+
+
+# create and publish for import by other modules
+conn_app = create_app()
diff --git a/examples/testclient/hello/app.py b/examples/testclient/hello/app.py
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+import logging
+
+from . import conn_app
+
+# reuse the configured logger
+logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
+
+
+def post_greeting(name: str, body: dict) -> tuple:
+    logger.info(
+        "%s: name len %d, body items %d", post_greeting.__name__, len(name), len(body)
+    )
+    # the body is optional
+    message = body.get("message", None)
+    if "crash" == message:
+        raise ValueError(f"Raise exception for {name}")
+    if "invalid" == message:
+        return {"bogus": "response"}
+    return {"greeting": f"Hello {name}"}, 200
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    # ensure logging is configured
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    # launch the app using the dev server
+    conn_app.run("hello:conn_app", port=8080)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/testclient/hello/spec/openapi.yaml b/examples/testclient/hello/spec/openapi.yaml
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+openapi: "3.0.0"
+
+info:
+  title: Hello World
+  version: "1.0"
+
+servers:
+  - url: /openapi
+
+paths:
+  /greeting/{name}:
+    post:
+      summary: Generate greeting
+      description: Generates a greeting message.
+      operationId: hello.app.post_greeting
+      parameters:
+        - name: name
+          in: path
+          description: Name of the person to greet.
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            example: "dave"
+      requestBody:
+        description: >
+          Optional body with a message.
+          Send message "crash" or "invalid" to simulate an error.
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                message:
+                  type: string
+                  example: "hi"
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: greeting response
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  greeting:
+                    type: string
+                    example: "Hello John"
+                required:
+                  - greeting
diff --git a/examples/testclient/hello/spec/swagger.yaml b/examples/testclient/hello/spec/swagger.yaml
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+swagger: "2.0"
+
+info:
+  title: "{{title}}"
+  version: "1.0"
+
+basePath: /swagger
+
+paths:
+  /greeting/{name}:
+    post:
+      summary: Generate greeting
+      operationId: hello.app.post_greeting
+      parameters:
+        - name: name
+          in: path
+          description: Name of the person to greet.
+          required: true
+          type: string
+        - name: body
+          in: body
+          description: >
+            Optional body with a message.
+            Send message "crash" or "invalid" to simulate an error.
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              message:
+                type: string
+                example: "hi"
+      produces:
+        - application/json
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: greeting response
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              greeting:
+                type: string
+            required:
+              - greeting
+            example:
+              greeting: "Hello John"
diff --git a/examples/testclient/requirements.txt b/examples/testclient/requirements.txt
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+connexion[flask,swagger-ui,uvicorn]
diff --git a/examples/testclient/tests/__init__.py b/examples/testclient/tests/__init__.py
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+# empty __init__.py so that pytest can add correct path to coverage report
+# https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/issues/98#issuecomment-451344057
diff --git a/examples/testclient/tests/conftest.py b/examples/testclient/tests/conftest.py
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+"""
+fixtures available for injection to tests by pytest
+"""
+import pytest
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+from hello.app import conn_app
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client():
+    """
+    Create a Connexion test_client from the Connexion app.
+
+    https://connexion.readthedocs.io/en/stable/testing.html
+    """
+    client: TestClient = conn_app.test_client()
+    yield client
diff --git a/examples/testclient/tests/test_app.py b/examples/testclient/tests/test_app.py
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+from httpx import Response
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+from hello import app
+
+greeting = "greeting"
+prefixes = ["openapi", "swagger"]
+
+
+def test_greeting_success(client: TestClient):
+    name = "dave"
+    for prefix in prefixes:
+        # a body is required in the POST
+        res: Response = client.post(
+            f"/{prefix}/{greeting}/{name}", json={"message": "hi"}
+        )
+        assert res.status_code == 200
+        assert name in res.json()[greeting]
+
+
+def test_greeting_exception(client: TestClient):
+    name = "dave"
+    for prefix in prefixes:
+        # a body is required in the POST
+        res: Response = client.post(
+            f"/{prefix}/{greeting}/{name}", json={"message": "crash"}
+        )
+        assert res.status_code == 500
+        assert name in res.json()["detail"]
+
+
+def test_greeting_invalid(client: TestClient):
+    name = "dave"
+    for prefix in prefixes:
+        # a body is required in the POST
+        res: Response = client.post(
+            f"/{prefix}/{greeting}/{name}", json={"message": "invalid"}
+        )
+        assert res.status_code == 500
+        assert "Response body does not conform" in res.json()["detail"]
+
+
+def test_main(mocker: MockerFixture):
+    # patch the run-app function to do nothing
+    mock_run = mocker.patch("hello.app.conn_app.run")
+    app.main()
+    mock_run.assert_called()
diff --git a/examples/testclient/tests/test_init.py b/examples/testclient/tests/test_init.py
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+from connexion.lifecycle import ConnexionResponse
+import json
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+from hello import handle_error
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_handle_error():
+    # Mock the ConnexionRequest object
+    mock_req = Mock()
+    mock_req.url = "http://some/url"
+    # call the function
+    conn_resp: ConnexionResponse = await handle_error(mock_req, ValueError("Value"))
+    assert 500 == conn_resp.status_code
+    # check structure of response
+    resp_dict = json.loads(conn_resp.body)
+    assert "Error" == resp_dict["title"]
diff --git a/examples/testclient/tox.ini b/examples/testclient/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+envlist = code
+minversion = 2.0
+
+[pytest]
+testpaths = tests
+
+[testenv:code]
+basepython = python3
+deps=
+    pytest
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-cov
+    pytest-mock
+    -r requirements.txt
+commands =
+    # posargs allows running just a single test like this:
+    # tox -- tests/test_foo.py::test_bar
+    pytest --cov hello --cov-report term-missing --cov-fail-under=70 {posargs}