From 411ee345920b3c4d6e0442a2c84322da93895917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaikunthan Mathiyalakan <vaimathiyalakan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:13:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] testing functions

---
 tests/test_example.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_example.py b/tests/test_example.py
index 21ced4a..0165a28 100644
--- a/tests/test_example.py
+++ b/tests/test_example.py
@@ -19,3 +19,37 @@ def test_main(tmp_path: Path):
     expected_output_file = outputdir / 'plaintext.count.txt'
     assert expected_output_file.exists()
     assert expected_output_file.read_text() == '2'
+
+def test_expected_date_format():
+    #tests a standard input
+    result = dateTreeBuild('20200101', '20200105', 'test_dir5')
+    expected = "File successfully created"
+    assert result == expected, f"Expected '{expected}', but got '{result}'"
+
+
+def test_alternative_date_format():
+    #tests if the user entered date in different styles
+    result = dateTreeBuild('2021-01-01', '20210105', 'test_dir6')
+    expected = "File successfully created"
+    assert result == expected, f"Expected '{expected}', but got '{result}'"
+
+def test_non_existent_dates():
+    #tests if the user entered date that does not exist
+    result = dateTreeBuild('20211312', '20211232', 'test_dir7')
+    expected = "Error: Either the start or end dates do not exist"
+    assert result == expected, f"Expected '{expected}', but got '{result}'"
+
+def test_start_after_end_dates():
+    #tests if the user entered date that does not exist
+    result = dateTreeBuild('20211204', '20211201', 'test_dir8')
+    expected = "Error: The end date is before the start date."
+    assert result == expected, f"Expected '{expected}', but got '{result}'"
+
+
+def test_successful_file_creation():
+    result = dateTreeBuild('20220101', '20220105', 'test_dir9')
+    expected = "File successfully created"
+    assert result == expected, f"Expected '{expected}', but got '{result}'"
+
+
+