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+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from google.cloud import pubsub
+import pytest
+
+import quickstart
+
+
+# Must match the dataset listed in quickstart.py (there's no easy way to
+# extract this).
+TOPIC_NAME = 'my-new-topic'
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def temporary_topic():
+    """Fixture that ensures the test dataset does not exist before or
+    after a test."""
+    pubsub_client = pubsub.Client()
+    topic = pubsub_client.topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+
+    if topic.exists():
+        topic.delete()
+
+    yield
+
+    if topic.exists():
+        topic.delete()
+
+
+def test_quickstart(capsys, temporary_topic):
+    quickstart.run_quickstart()
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert TOPIC_NAME in out