diff --git a/components/core/TestCommands.py b/components/core/TestCommands.py
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+++ b/components/core/TestCommands.py
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+import unittest
+import os
+import coverage
+from initializer import server
+from flask_script import Manager
+
+manager = Manager(server)
+
+@manager.command
+def test():
+    """Runs the unit tests without coverage."""
+    tests = unittest.TestLoader().discover('tests')
+    result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(tests)
+    if result.wasSuccessful():
+        return 0
+    else:
+        sys.exit("Tests have failed")
+
+
+@manager.command
+def cov():
+    """Runs the unit tests with coverage."""
+    cov = coverage.coverage(
+        branch=True,
+        include='./*'
+    )
+    cov.start()
+    tests = unittest.TestLoader().discover('tests')
+    result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(tests)
+    cov.stop()
+    cov.save()
+    print('Coverage Summary:')
+    cov.report()
+    basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    covdir = os.path.join(basedir, 'coverage')
+    cov.html_report(directory=covdir)
+    cov.erase()
+    if result.wasSuccessful():
+        return 0
+    else:
+        sys.exit("Tests have failed")
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    manager.run() 
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diff --git a/components/core/tests/tests_Bassa_endpoint_test.py b/components/core/tests/tests_Bassa_endpoint_test.py
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+++ b/components/core/tests/tests_Bassa_endpoint_test.py
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+import unittest
+import requests
+
+headers = {
+'Host': 'localhost:5000',
+'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
+'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5',
+'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
+'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+'Origin': 'http://localhost:3000'
+}
+correct_username="rand"
+correct_password="pass"
+incorrect_username="admin"
+incorrect_password="admin"
+correct_string="user_name="+correct_username+"&password="+correct_password
+incorrect_string="user_name="+incorrect_username+"&password="+incorrect_password
+payload = {''}
+class TestFlaskAPIUsingRequests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_api_login_returns_auth_level(self):
+        resp = requests.post('http://localhost:5000/api/login',correct_string,headers=headers)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.json(),{u'auth': u'0'})
+    def test_api_login_incorrectly_return_403(self):
+        resp = requests.post('http://localhost:5000/api/login',incorrect_string,headers=headers)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code,403)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/components/core/tests/tests_login_test.py b/components/core/tests/tests_login_test.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/components/core/tests/tests_login_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from UserManager import *
+import unittest
+
+
+def username():
+    return 'admin'
+
+
+def password():
+    return 'admin'
+
+
+def usernamer():
+    return 'rand'
+
+
+def passwordr():
+    return 'pass'
+
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_incorrect_login(self):
+        self.assertEqual(False, user_login(username(), password()))
+
+    def test_correct_login(self):
+        self.assertEqual(True, user_login(usernamer(), passwordr()))
+
+    def test_incorrect_check_approved(self):
+        self.assertEqual(False, check_approved(username(), password()))
+
+    def test_correct_check_approved(self):
+        self.assertEqual(True, check_approved(usernamer(), passwordr()))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()