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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+__package__ = 'archivebox.cli'
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+TEST_CONFIG = {
+    'USE_COLOR': 'False',
+    'SHOW_PROGRESS': 'False',
+
+    'OUTPUT_DIR': 'data.tests',
+    
+    'SAVE_ARCHIVE_DOT_ORG': 'False',
+    'SAVE_TITLE': 'False',
+    
+    'USE_CURL': 'False',
+    'USE_WGET': 'False',
+    'USE_GIT': 'False',
+    'USE_CHROME': 'False',
+    'USE_YOUTUBEDL': 'False',
+}
+
+OUTPUT_DIR = 'data.tests'
+os.environ.update(TEST_CONFIG)
+
+from ..main import init
+from ..index import load_main_index
+from ..config import (
+    SQL_INDEX_FILENAME,
+    JSON_INDEX_FILENAME,
+    HTML_INDEX_FILENAME,
+)
+
+from . import (
+    archivebox_init,
+    archivebox_add,
+    archivebox_remove,
+)
+
+HIDE_CLI_OUTPUT = True
+
+test_urls = '''
+https://example1.com/what/is/happening.html?what=1#how-about-this=1
+https://example2.com/what/is/happening/?what=1#how-about-this=1
+HTtpS://example3.com/what/is/happening/?what=1#how-about-this=1f
+https://example4.com/what/is/happening.html
+https://example5.com/
+https://example6.com
+
+<test>http://example7.com</test>
+[https://example8.com/what/is/this.php?what=1]
+[and http://example9.com?what=1&other=3#and-thing=2]
+<what>https://example10.com#and-thing=2 "</about>
+abc<this["https://subb.example11.com/what/is#and-thing=2?whoami=23&where=1"]that>def
+sdflkf[what](https://subb.example12.com/who/what.php?whoami=1#whatami=2)?am=hi
+example13.bada
+and example14.badb
+<or>htt://example15.badc</that>
+'''
+
+stdout = sys.stdout
+stderr = sys.stderr
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def output_hidden(show_failing=True):
+    if not HIDE_CLI_OUTPUT:
+        yield
+        return
+
+    sys.stdout = open('stdout.txt', 'w+')
+    sys.stderr = open('stderr.txt', 'w+')
+    try:
+        yield
+        sys.stdout.close()
+        sys.stderr.close()
+        sys.stdout = stdout
+        sys.stderr = stderr
+    except:
+        sys.stdout.close()
+        sys.stderr.close()
+        sys.stdout = stdout
+        sys.stderr = stderr
+        if show_failing:
+            with open('stdout.txt', 'r') as f:
+                print(f.read())
+            with open('stderr.txt', 'r') as f:
+                print(f.read())
+        raise
+    finally:
+        os.remove('stdout.txt')
+        os.remove('stderr.txt')
+
+
+class TestInit(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(OUTPUT_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_basic_init(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_init.main([])
+
+        assert (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / SQL_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        assert (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / JSON_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        assert (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / HTML_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        assert len(load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)) == 0
+
+    def test_conflicting_init(self):
+        with open(Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / 'test_conflict.txt', 'w+') as f:
+            f.write('test')
+
+        try:
+            with output_hidden(show_failing=False):
+                archivebox_init.main([])
+            assert False, 'Init should have exited with an exception'
+        except SystemExit:
+            pass
+
+        assert not (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / SQL_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        assert not (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / JSON_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        assert not (Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / HTML_INDEX_FILENAME).exists()
+        try:
+            load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+            assert False, 'load_main_index should raise an exception when no index is present'
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def test_no_dirty_state(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            init()
+        shutil.rmtree(OUTPUT_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
+        with output_hidden():
+            init()
+
+
+class TestAdd(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+        with output_hidden():
+            init()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(OUTPUT_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_add_arg_url(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_add.main(['https://getpocket.com/users/nikisweeting/feed/all'])
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 30
+
+    def test_add_arg_file(self):
+        test_file = Path(OUTPUT_DIR) / 'test.txt'
+        with open(test_file, 'w+') as f:
+            f.write(test_urls)
+
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_add.main([test_file])
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 12
+        os.remove(test_file)
+
+    def test_add_stdin_url(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_add.main([], stdin=test_urls)
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 12
+
+
+class TestRemove(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+        with output_hidden():
+            init()
+            archivebox_add.main([], stdin=test_urls)
+
+    # def tearDown(self):
+        # shutil.rmtree(OUTPUT_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
+
+
+    def test_remove_exact(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_remove.main(['--yes', '--delete', 'https://example5.com/'])
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 11
+
+    def test_remove_regex(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_remove.main(['--yes', '--delete', '--filter-type=regex', r'http(s)?:\/\/(.+\.)?(example\d\.com)'])
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 4
+
+    def test_remove_domain(self):
+        with output_hidden():
+            archivebox_remove.main(['--yes', '--delete', '--filter-type=domain', 'example5.com', 'example6.com'])
+
+        all_links = load_main_index(out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR)
+        assert len(all_links) == 10
+
+    def test_remove_none(self):
+        try:
+            with output_hidden(show_failing=False):
+                archivebox_remove.main(['--yes', '--delete', 'https://doesntexist.com'])
+            assert False, 'Should raise if no URLs match'
+        except:
+            pass
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if '--verbose' in sys.argv or '-v' in sys.argv:
+        HIDE_CLI_OUTPUT = False
+    
+    unittest.main()