2 files changed, 125 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/tests/base/data.py b/wqflask/tests/base/data.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06a5a989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wqflask/tests/base/data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+gen_menu_json = """
+{
+  "datasets": {
+    "human": {
+      "HLC": {
+        "Liver mRNA": [
+          [
+            "320",
+            "HLC_0311",
+            "GSE9588 Human Liver Normal (Mar11) Both Sexes"
+          ]
+        ],
+        "Phenotypes": [
+          [
+            "635",
+            "HLCPublish",
+            "HLC Published Phenotypes"
+          ]
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "mouse": {
+      "BXD": {
+        "Genotypes": [
+          [
+            "600",
+            "BXDGeno",
+            "BXD Genotypes"
+          ]
+        ],
+        "Hippocampus mRNA": [
+          [
+            "112",
+            "HC_M2_0606_P",
+            "Hippocampus Consortium M430v2 (Jun06) PDNN"
+          ]
+        ],
+        "Phenotypes": [
+          [
+            "602",
+            "BXDPublish",
+            "BXD Published Phenotypes"
+          ]
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "groups": {
+    "human": [
+      [
+        "HLC",
+        "Liver: Normal Gene Expression with Genotypes (Merck)",
+        "Family:None"
+      ]
+    ],
+    "mouse": [
+      [
+        "BXD",
+        "BXD",
+        "Family:None"
+      ]
+    ]
+  },
+  "species": [
+    [
+      "human",
+      "Human"
+    ],
+    [
+      "mouse",
+      "Mouse"
+    ]
+  ],
+  "types": {
+    "human": {
+      "HLC": [
+        [
+          "Phenotypes",
+          "Traits and Cofactors",
+          "Phenotypes"
+        ],
+        [
+          "Liver mRNA",
+          "Liver mRNA",
+          "Molecular Trait Datasets"
+        ]
+      ]
+    },
+    "mouse": {
+      "BXD": [
+        [
+          "Phenotypes",
+          "Traits and Cofactors",
+          "Phenotypes"
+        ],
+        [
+          "Genotypes",
+          "DNA Markers and SNPs",
+          "Genotypes"
+        ],
+        [
+          "Hippocampus mRNA",
+          "Hippocampus mRNA",
+          "Molecular Trait Datasets"
+        ]
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+"""
diff --git a/wqflask/tests/base/test_data_set.py b/wqflask/tests/base/test_data_set.py
index 74799e49..835d786a 100644
--- a/wqflask/tests/base/test_data_set.py
+++ b/wqflask/tests/base/test_data_set.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import unittest
 import mock
 
 from wqflask import app
-
+from data import gen_menu_json
 from base.data_set import DatasetType
 
 
@@ -43,3 +43,17 @@ class TestDataSetTypes(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(DatasetType(redis_mock)
                              ("All Phenotypes"), "Publish")
 
+    @mock.patch('base.data_set.requests.get')
+    def test_data_set_type_with_empty_redis(self, request_mock):
+        """Test that DatasetType returns correctly if the Redis Instance is empty and
+        the name variable exists in the dictionary
+
+        """
+        with app.app_context():
+            request_mock.return_value.content = gen_menu_json
+            redis_mock = mock.Mock()
+            redis_mock.get.return_value = None
+            data_set = DatasetType(redis_mock)
+            self.assertEqual(data_set("BXDGeno"), "Geno")
+            self.assertEqual(data_set("BXDPublish"), "Publish")
+            self.assertEqual(data_set("HLC_0311"), "ProbeSet")