diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from api_client import APIconnection
+
+import os
+import io
+import sys
+import time
+import numpy as np
+import uuid
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+import unittest
+from pprint import pprint
+
+import logging, sys
+logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+class TestCapture(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_capture_config(self):
+        connection = APIconnection(host="localhost", port=5000, api_ver="v1")
+        config = connection.get_config()
+        
+        expected_keys = [
+            'image_resolution',
+            'video_resolution',
+            'numpy_resolution',
+        ]
+
+        for key in expected_keys:
+            self.assertTrue(key in config)
+
+    def test_capture_videoport(self):
+        connection = APIconnection(host="localhost", port=5000, api_ver="v1")
+        resolution = connection.get_config()['video_resolution']
+
+        capture_array = connection.capture(
+            use_video_port=True, 
+            keep_on_disk=False, 
+            delete_after_use=True)
+
+        self.assertTrue(capture_array.shape == (resolution[1], resolution[0], 3))
+
+    def test_capture_full(self):
+        connection = APIconnection(host="localhost", port=5000, api_ver="v1")
+        resolution = connection.get_config()['image_resolution']
+
+        capture_array = connection.capture(
+            use_video_port=False, 
+            keep_on_disk=False, 
+            delete_after_use=True)
+
+        self.assertTrue(capture_array.shape == (resolution[1], resolution[0], 3))
+
+class TestStage(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_stage_config(self):
+        connection = APIconnection(host="localhost", port=5000, api_ver="v1")
+        config = connection.get_config()
+        
+        expected_keys = [
+            'backlash',
+        ]
+
+        for key in expected_keys:
+            self.assertTrue(key in config)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    suites = [
+        unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestCapture),
+        unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestStage),
+    ]
+
+    alltests = unittest.TestSuite(suites)
+
+    result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(alltests)