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+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
+
+
+PING_CHECKS_FULL = (
+    'ping.checks.check_database_sessions',
+    'ping.checks.check_database_sites',
+    'ping.checks.check_cache_set',
+    'ping.checks.check_cache_set',
+    'ping.checks.check_user_exists',
+)
+
+PING_CHECKS_BAD = (
+    'pong.checks.check_database_sessions',
+)
+
+PING_CHECKS_BAD2 = (
+    'ping.checks.check_foo',
+)
+
+class PingTest(TestCase):
+    urls = 'ping.urls'    
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.client = Client()
+
+    def test_endpoint(self):
+        response = self.client.get("")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    @override_settings(PING_CHECKS=PING_CHECKS_FULL)
+    def test_checks(self):
+        response = self.client.get("?checks=true")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_json(self):
+        response = self.client.get("?fmt=json")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
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