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+import pytest
+import json
+from mock import patch, call
+import requests
+from botbot_plugins.base import DummyApp
+from botbot_plugins.plugins import jira
+
+class FakeProjectResponse(object):
+    """Dummy response from JIRA"""
+    status_code = 200
+    text = json.dumps([{'key': 'TEST'}])    
+
+class FakeUserResponse(object):
+    """Dummy response from JIRA"""
+    status_code = 200
+    text = json.dumps({'key': 'TEST-123', 'fields': {'summary': "Testing JIRA plugin"}})    
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def app():
+    dummy_app = DummyApp(test_plugin=jira.Plugin())
+    dummy_app.set_config('jira', {'jira_url': 'https://tickets.test.org', 'bot_name': 'testbot'})
+    return dummy_app
+
+
+def test_jira(app):
+    # patch requests.get so we don't need to make a real call to Jira
+
+    # Test projecct retrival
+    with patch.object(requests, 'get') as mock_get:
+        mock_get.return_value = FakeProjectResponse()
+        responses = app.respond("@UPDATE:JIRA")
+        mock_get.assert_called_with(
+            'https://tickets.test.org/rest/api/2/project')
+        assert responses == ["Successfully updated projects list"]
+
+    with patch.object(requests, 'get') as mock_get:
+        mock_get.return_value = FakeUserResponse()
+        responses = app.respond("I just assigned TEST-123 to testuser")
+        mock_get.assert_called_with(
+            'https://tickets.test.org/rest/api/2/issue/TEST-123')
+        assert responses == ["TEST-123: Testing JIRA plugin\nhttps://tickets.test.org/projects/TEST/issues/TEST-123"]
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