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+title: Turning Your Custom Drupal Module into a Feature
+tags:
+    - drupal
+    - drupal-7
+    - drupal-planet
+    - features
+slug: turning-drupal-module-into-feature
+---
+{% block excerpt %}
+Yesterday I was fixing a bug in an inherited Drupal 7 custom module, and I decided that I was going to add some tests to ensure that the bug was fixed and doesn’t get accidentially re-introduced in the future. The test though required me to have a particular content type and fields which are specific to this site, so aren't present within the standard installation profile used to run tests.
+
+I decided to convert the custom module into a [Feature][0] so that the content type and it’s fields could be added to it, and present on the testing site once the module is installed.
+
+To do this, I needed to expose the module to the Features API.
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+Yesterday I was fixing a bug in an inherited Drupal 7 custom module, and I decided that I was going to add some tests to ensure that the bug was fixed and doesn’t get accidentially re-introduced in the future. The test though required me to have a particular content type and fields which are specific to this site, so aren't present within the standard installation profile used to run tests.
+
+I decided to convert the custom module into a [Feature][0] so that the content type and it’s fields could be added to it, and present on the testing site once the module is installed.
+
+To do this, I needed to expose the module to the Features API.
+
+All that’s needed is to add this line to the `mymodule.info` file:
+
+```language-ini
+features[features_api][] = api:2
+```
+
+After clearing the cache, the module is now visible in the Features list - and ready to have the appropriate configuration added to it.
+
+!['The features list showing the custom module'](/assets/images/blog/custom-module-as-a-feature.png)
+{% endblock %}
+
+[0]: https://www.drupal.org/project/features