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+"""
+Copyright (c) 2012-2013 RockStor, Inc. <http://rockstor.com>
+This file is part of RockStor.
+
+RockStor is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
+or (at your option) any later version.
+
+RockStor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+import mock
+from mock import patch
+from storageadmin.tests.test_api import APITestMixin
+
+class PoolBalanceTests(APITestMixin, APITestCase):
+    fixtures = ['fix1.json']
+    BASE_URL = '/api/pools'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(PoolBalanceTests, cls).setUpClass()
+
+        # post mocks
+        
+        cls.patch_balance_status = patch('storageadmin.views.pool_balance.balance_status')
+        cls.mock_balance_status = cls.patch_balance_status.start()
+        cls.mock_balance_status.return_value = {'status': 'finished','percent_done':'100' }
+        
+       
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        super(PoolBalanceTests, cls).tearDownClass()
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        
+        # get base URL
+        # 'pool1' is the pool already created and exits in fix1.json 
+        response = self.client.get('%s/pool1/balance' %self.BASE_URL)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code,
+                         status.HTTP_200_OK, msg=response.data)
+        
+    def test_post_requests(self):
+    
+        # invalid pool
+        data = {'force': 'true'}
+        response = self.client.post('%s/invalid/balance' % self.BASE_URL, data=data)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 
+                         status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, msg=response.data)
+        
+        e_msg = ('Pool(invalid) does not exist')
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['detail'], e_msg)
+        
+        # Invalid scrub command
+        data = {'force': 'true'}
+        pool_name = 'pool1'
+        response = self.client.post('%s/pool1/balance/invalid' % self.BASE_URL, data=data)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 
+                         status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, msg=response.data)
+        
+        e_msg = ('Unknown balance command: invalid')
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['detail'], e_msg)
+                         
+        # happy path
+        data = {'force': 'true'}
+        pool_name = 'pool1'
+        response = self.client.post('%s/pool1/balance' % self.BASE_URL, data=data)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code,
+                         status.HTTP_200_OK, msg=response.data)
+        
+            
+        # happy path
+        data = {'force': 'true'}
+        pool_name = 'pool1'
+        response = self.client.post('%s/pool1/balance/status' % self.BASE_URL, data=data)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code,
+                         status.HTTP_200_OK, msg=response.data)
+   
+   
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