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+from unittest import mock
+import datetime as dt
+from django.core.mail.message import EmailMessage
+
+import awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend as grafana_backend
+
+
+def test_send_messages():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey")
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': [], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': None, 'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': None},
+            verify=True)
+        assert sent_messages == 1
+
+
+def test_send_messages_with_no_verify_ssl():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey",grafana_no_verify_ssl=True)
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': [], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': None,'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': None},
+            verify=False)
+        assert sent_messages == 1
+
+
+def test_send_messages_with_dashboardid():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey",dashboardId=42)
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': [], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': None, 'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': 42},
+            verify=True)
+        assert sent_messages == 1
+
+
+def test_send_messages_with_panelid():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey",dashboardId=None,panelId=42)
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': [], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': 42, 'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': None},
+            verify=True)
+        assert sent_messages == 1
+
+
+def test_send_messages_with_bothids():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey",dashboardId=42,panelId=42)
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': [], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': 42, 'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': 42},
+            verify=True)
+        assert sent_messages == 1
+
+
+def test_send_messages_with_tags():
+    with mock.patch('awx.main.notifications.grafana_backend.requests') as requests_mock:
+        requests_mock.post.return_value.status_code = 200
+        m={}
+        m['started'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(60).isoformat()
+        m['finished'] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(120).isoformat()
+        m['subject'] = "test subject"
+        backend = grafana_backend.GrafanaBackend("testapikey",dashboardId=None,panelId=None,annotation_tags=["ansible"])
+        message = EmailMessage(m['subject'],{"started":m['started'],"finished":m['finished']}, [], ['https://example.com', ])
+        sent_messages = backend.send_messages([message, ])
+        requests_mock.post.assert_called_once_with(
+            'https://example.com/api/annotations',
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer testapikey'},
+            json={'tags': ['ansible'], 'text': 'test subject', 'isRegion': True, 'timeEnd': 120000, 'panelId': None, 'time': 60000, 'dashboardId': None},
+            verify=True)
+        assert sent_messages == 1