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+import sys
+import unittest
+from deepface.commons import constant
+from deepface.commons.logger import Logger
+
+# api is not available under deepface import
+sys.path.insert(1, f"{constant.ROOT_DIR}/api/src")
+# pylint: disable=wrong-import-order, wrong-import-position
+from app import create_app
+
+logger = Logger("tests/test_api.py")
+
+
+class TestVerifyEndpoint(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        app = create_app()
+        app.config["DEBUG"] = True
+        app.config["TESTING"] = True
+        self.app = app.test_client()
+
+    def test_tp_verify(self):
+        data = {
+            "img1_path": "dataset/img1.jpg",
+            "img2_path": "dataset/img2.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/verify", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        result = response.json
+        logger.debug(result)
+
+        assert result.get("verified") is not None
+        assert result.get("model") is not None
+        assert result.get("similarity_metric") is not None
+        assert result.get("detector_backend") is not None
+        assert result.get("distance") is not None
+        assert result.get("threshold") is not None
+        assert result.get("facial_areas") is not None
+
+        assert result.get("verified") is True
+
+        logger.info("✅ true-positive verification api test is done")
+
+    def test_tn_verify(self):
+        data = {
+            "img1_path": "dataset/img1.jpg",
+            "img2_path": "dataset/img2.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/verify", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        result = response.json
+        logger.debug(result)
+
+        assert result.get("verified") is not None
+        assert result.get("model") is not None
+        assert result.get("similarity_metric") is not None
+        assert result.get("detector_backend") is not None
+        assert result.get("distance") is not None
+        assert result.get("threshold") is not None
+        assert result.get("facial_areas") is not None
+
+        assert result.get("verified") is True
+
+        logger.info("✅ true-negative verification api test is done")
+
+    def test_represent(self):
+        data = {
+            "img": "dataset/img1.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/represent", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        result = response.json
+        logger.debug(result)
+        assert result.get("results") is not None
+        assert isinstance(result["results"], list) is True
+        assert len(result["results"]) > 0
+        for i in result["results"]:
+            assert i.get("embedding") is not None
+            assert isinstance(i.get("embedding"), list) is True
+            assert len(i.get("embedding")) == 4096
+            assert i.get("face_confidence") is not None
+            assert i.get("facial_area") is not None
+
+        logger.info("✅ representation api test is done")
+
+    def test_analyze(self):
+        data = {
+            "img": "dataset/img1.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/analyze", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        result = response.json
+        logger.debug(result)
+        assert result.get("results") is not None
+        assert isinstance(result["results"], list) is True
+        assert len(result["results"]) > 0
+        for i in result["results"]:
+            assert i.get("age") is not None
+            assert isinstance(i.get("age"), (int, float))
+            assert i.get("dominant_gender") is not None
+            assert i.get("dominant_gender") in ["Man", "Woman"]
+            assert i.get("dominant_emotion") is not None
+            assert i.get("dominant_race") is not None
+
+        logger.info("✅ analyze api test is done")
+
+    def test_invalid_verify(self):
+        data = {
+            "img1_path": "dataset/invalid_1.jpg",
+            "img2_path": "dataset/invalid_2.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/verify", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        logger.info("✅ invalid verification request api test is done")
+
+    def test_invalid_represent(self):
+        data = {
+            "img": "dataset/invalid_1.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/represent", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        logger.info("✅ invalid represent request api test is done")
+
+    def test_invalid_analyze(self):
+        data = {
+            "img": "dataset/invalid.jpg",
+        }
+        response = self.app.post("/analyze", json=data)
+        assert response.status_code == 400