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+++ b/get_data/kegg_glycan/test_linkKEGG.py	Wed Mar 23 14:35:56 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+__license__ = "MIT"
+
+import unittest
+import linkKEGG as lk
+
+
+class SimpleUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        import os
+
+        os.environ["http_proxy"] = ""  # work around for IOError: [Errno url error] invalid proxy for http:
+        pass
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_no_db_specified(self):
+        """should return default glycan path example"""
+        m = lk.linked_entries_from_kegg()
+        self.assertIn("path", m)
+        self.assertIn("G00001", m)
+
+
+    def test_bad_db(self):
+        """"""
+        import urllib2
+
+        with self.assertRaises(urllib2.HTTPError):
+            m = lk.linked_entries_from_kegg("john", "sally")
+
+    def test_bad_dbentry(self):
+        """"""
+        import urllib2
+
+        with self.assertRaises(urllib2.HTTPError):
+            m = lk.linked_entries_from_kegg("ko", "map000")
+
+    def test_no_links_btn_dbs(self):
+        """ should return an empty string, cannot write None to file"""
+        m = lk.linked_entries_from_kegg("br", "gl:G10496")
+        self.assertEquals(m,"")
+