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+"""Definition of unittests for get function."""
+
+import random
+import string
+import unittest
+from io import BytesIO
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+from minio import Minio
+
+from shared.datastore import get
+
+
+class TestGet(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # mock minio client
+        self.client = Mock(spec=Minio)
+        # set bucket name
+        self.bucket_name = 'test-bucket'
+        # set object name
+        self.object_name = ''.join(
+            random.choices(
+                string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits,
+                k=24,
+            ),
+        )
+        # mock response object
+        self.client.get_object.return_value.status = 200
+        buffer = BytesIO(random.randbytes(2**20))
+        self.client.return_value.get_object = buffer
+        self.client.get_object.return_value.read = buffer.getvalue()
+
+    def test_should_fail_on_wrong_input_type_client(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            get(
+                client='not-minio-type',
+                bucket_name=self.bucket_name,
+                object_name=self.object_name,
+            )
+
+    def test_should_fail_on_wrong_input_type_bucket_name(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            get(
+                client=self.client,
+                bucket_name=0.0,
+                object_name=self.object_name,
+            )
+
+    def test_should_fail_on_wrong_input_length_bucket_name(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            get(
+                client=self.client,
+                bucket_name='',
+                object_name=self.object_name,
+            )
+
+    def test_should_fail_on_wrong_input_type_object_name(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            get(
+                client=self.client,
+                bucket_name=self.bucket_name,
+                object_name=0.0,
+            )
+
+    def test_should_fail_on_wrong_input_length_object_name(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            get(
+                client=self.client,
+                bucket_name=self.bucket_name,
+                object_name='',
+            )
+
+    def test_should_call_client__get_object(self):
+        get(
+            client=self.client,
+            bucket_name=self.bucket_name,
+            object_name=self.object_name,
+        )
+        self.client.get_object.assert_called_with(
+            bucket_name=self.bucket_name,
+            object_name=self.object_name,
+        )