diff --git a/test_haproxy.py b/test_haproxy.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import collections
+from mock import MagicMock
+from mock import Mock
+from mock import patch
+import sys
+import pytest
+import csv
+
+
+class MockCollectd(MagicMock):
+    """
+    Mocks the functions and objects provided by the collectd module
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def log(log_str):
+        print log_str
+
+    debug = log
+    info = log
+    warning = log
+    error = log
+
+
+class MockHAProxySocket(object):
+    def __init__(self, socket_file="whatever"):
+        self.socket_file = socket_file
+
+    def get_server_info(self):
+        sample_data = {'ConnRate': '3', 'CumReq': '5', 'idle_pct': '78'}
+        return sample_data
+
+    def get_server_stats(self):
+        sample_data = [{'bin': '3120628', 'lastchg': '', 'lbt': '', 'weight': '',
+             'wretr': '', 'slim': '50', 'pid': '1', 'wredis': '', 'dresp': '0',
+             'ereq': '0', 'pxname': 'sample_proxy', 'stot': '39728',
+             'sid': '0', 'bout': '188112702395', 'qlimit': '', 'status': 'OPEN',
+             'smax': '2', 'dreq': '0', 'econ': '', 'iid': '2', 'chkfail': '',
+             'downtime': '', 'qcur': '', 'eresp': '', 'throttle': '', 'scur': '0',
+             'bck': '', 'qmax': '', 'act': '', 'chkdown': '', 'svname': 'FRONTEND'}]
+        return sample_data
+
+sys.modules['collectd'] = MockCollectd()
+
+import haproxy
+
+ConfigOption = collections.namedtuple('ConfigOption', ('key', 'values'))
+
+mock_config_default_values = Mock()
+mock_config_default_values.children = [
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+def test_default_config():
+    module_config = haproxy.config(mock_config_default_values)
+    assert module_config['socket'] == '/var/run/haproxy.sock'
+    assert not module_config['enhanced_metrics']
+    assert module_config['proxy_monitors'] == ['server', 'frontend', 'backend']
+    assert module_config['testing']
+    assert module_config['excluded_metrics'] == set()
+
+
+mock_config_enhanced_metrics_off = Mock()
+mock_config_enhanced_metrics_off.children = [
+    ConfigOption('Socket', ('/var/run/haproxy.sock',)),
+    ConfigOption('EnhancedMetrics', ('False',)),
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+def test_enhanced_metrics_off_config():
+    module_config = haproxy.config(mock_config_enhanced_metrics_off)
+    assert module_config['socket'] == '/var/run/haproxy.sock'
+    assert not module_config['enhanced_metrics']
+    assert module_config['proxy_monitors'] == ['server', 'frontend', 'backend']
+    assert module_config['testing']
+    assert module_config['excluded_metrics'] == set()
+
+
+mock_config_enhanced_metrics_on = Mock()
+mock_config_enhanced_metrics_on.children = [
+    ConfigOption('Socket', ('/var/run/haproxy.sock',)),
+    ConfigOption('EnhancedMetrics', ('True',)),
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+def test_enhanced_metrics_on_config():
+    module_config = haproxy.config(mock_config_enhanced_metrics_on)
+    assert module_config['socket'] == '/var/run/haproxy.sock'
+    assert module_config['enhanced_metrics']
+    assert module_config['proxy_monitors'] == ['server', 'frontend', 'backend']
+    assert module_config['testing']
+    assert module_config['excluded_metrics'] == set()
+
+mock_config_exclude_idle_pct = Mock()
+mock_config_exclude_idle_pct.children = [
+    ConfigOption('Socket', ('/var/run/haproxy.sock',)),
+    ConfigOption('EnhancedMetrics', ('False',)),
+    ConfigOption('ExcludeMetric', ('idle_pct',)),
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+def test_exclude_metrics_config():
+    module_config = haproxy.config(mock_config_exclude_idle_pct)
+    assert module_config['socket'] == '/var/run/haproxy.sock'
+    assert not module_config['enhanced_metrics']
+    assert module_config['proxy_monitors'] == ['server', 'frontend', 'backend']
+    assert module_config['testing']
+    assert module_config['excluded_metrics'] == set(['idle_pct'])
+
+mock_config = Mock()
+mock_config.children = [
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+@patch('haproxy.HAProxySocket', MockHAProxySocket)
+def test_read():
+    haproxy.collect_metrics(haproxy.config(mock_config))
+
+mock_config_exclude_bytes_out = Mock()
+mock_config_exclude_bytes_out.children = [
+    ConfigOption('ExcludeMetric', ('bytes_out',)),
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+@patch('haproxy.HAProxySocket', MockHAProxySocket)
+def test_exclude_metric():
+    haproxy.collect_metrics(haproxy.config(mock_config_exclude_bytes_out))
+
+mock_config_enhanced_sample = Mock()
+mock_config_enhanced_sample.children = [
+    ConfigOption('ProxyMonitor', ('sample_proxy',)),
+    ConfigOption('EnhancedMetrics', ('True',)),
+    ConfigOption('Testing', ('True',))
+]
+
+
+@patch('haproxy.HAProxySocket', MockHAProxySocket)
+def test_enhanced_metrics():
+    haproxy.collect_metrics(haproxy.config(mock_config_enhanced_sample))