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+"""
+Run cli commands which wrap high level functionalites as a kind of functional tests.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import logging
+
+from factgenie import INPUT_DIR, OUTPUT_DIR, CAMPAIGN_DIR
+
+
+def test_factgenie_help():
+    cmd = "factgenie --help"
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    logging.debug(f"RUNNING ${cmd}\n{result.stdout.decode()}")
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    assert b"Usage: factgenie [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]..." in result.stdout
+
+
+def test_factgenie_routes():
+    """Routes list endpoints to be called with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE methods"""
+    cmd = "factgenie routes"
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+
+
+# TODO by default there are no datasets in empty fatgenie data/input directory
+# download some and create and test download command by that
+def test_factgenie_list_datasets():
+    """List datasets defined as inputs in factgenie.INPUT_DIR
+    factgenie.INPUTDIR is factgenie/data/input"""
+    assert Path(INPUT_DIR).exists()
+    assert "factgenie/data/input" in str(INPUT_DIR), f"INPUT_DIR: {INPUT_DIR}"
+    cmd = "factgenie list datasets"
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    logging.debug(f"RUNNING ${cmd}\n{result.stdout.decode()}")
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    cli_datasets = sorted([d.strip() for d in result.stdout.decode().split("\n") if len(d.strip()) > 0])
+    dir_datasets = sorted([d.name for d in Path(INPUT_DIR).iterdir() if d.is_dir()])
+    logging.debug(f"CLI: {cli_datasets}")
+    logging.debug(f"DIR: {dir_datasets}")
+    assert cli_datasets == dir_datasets
+
+
+def test_factgenie_list_outputs():
+    assert Path(OUTPUT_DIR).exists()
+    # Skipping the rest of the logic for now. Parsing factgenie list outputs is fragile.
+
+
+def test_factgenie_list_campaigns():
+    """List campaigns defined as inputs in factgenie.CAMPAIGN_DIR
+    factgenie.CAMPAIGN_DIR is factgenie/data/campaigns"""
+    assert Path(CAMPAIGN_DIR).exists()
+    assert "factgenie/campaigns" in str(CAMPAIGN_DIR), f"CAMPAIGN_DIR: {CAMPAIGN_DIR}"
+    cmd = "factgenie list campaigns"
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    logging.debug(f"RUNNING ${cmd}\n{result.stdout.decode()}")
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    cli_campaigns = sorted([d.strip() for d in result.stdout.decode().split("\n") if len(d.strip()) > 0])
+    dir_campaigns = sorted([d.name for d in Path(CAMPAIGN_DIR).iterdir() if d.is_dir()])
+    logging.debug(f"CLI: {cli_campaigns}")
+    logging.debug(f"DIR: {dir_campaigns}")
+    assert cli_campaigns == dir_campaigns
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # test_factgenie_list_datasets()
+    pass