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+++ b/tests/test_parse.py	Thu Feb 09 09:47:04 2017 -0800
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+test parsing
+"""
+
+# imports
+import speedtest.parse
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+class ParsingTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_parse_columns(self):
+        """test columns parsing"""
+
+        columns = ['REPOSITORY',
+                   'TAG',
+                   'IMAGE ID',
+                   'CREATED',
+                   'VIRTUAL SIZE']
+
+        # load data
+        output = open(os.path.join(here, 'data', 'docker_images.out')).read()
+
+        # parse the data
+        data = speedtest.parse.parse_columns(output, columns)
+        # (Pdb) data[-1]
+        # {'REPOSITORY': 'steeef/sensu-centos', 'CREATED': '2 years ago', 'IMAGE': 'b6f14e', 'VIRTUAL': '1.284 GB', 'TAG': 'latest', 'ID': 'cbffa0', 'SIZE': ''}
+        self.assertEqual(data[-1].get("IMAGE ID"), "b6f14ecbffa0")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()