diff --git a/tests/test_wsclient.py b/tests/test_wsclient.py
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+from unittest import TestCase
+from tiingo.wsclient import TiingoWebsocketClient
+from tiingo.exceptions import MissingRequiredArgumentError
+
+class TestRestClientWithSession(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        def msg_cb(msg):
+            print(msg)
+
+        self.cb=msg_cb
+
+        self.config =  {
+            'eventName':'subscribe',
+            'authorization':'API_KEY_GOES_HERE',
+            #see https://api.tiingo.com/documentation/websockets/iex > Request for more info
+            'eventData': { 
+                'thresholdLevel':5
+            }
+        }
+
+    # test for missing or incorrectly supplied endpoints
+    def test_missing_or_wrong_endpoint(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError) as ex:
+            TiingoWebsocketClient(config=self.config,on_msg_cb=self.cb)
+        self.assertTrue(type(ex.exception)==AttributeError)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError) as ex:
+             TiingoWebsocketClient(config=self.config,endpoint='wq',on_msg_cb=self.cb)
+        self.assertTrue(type(ex.exception)==AttributeError)
+
+    # test for missing API keys in config dict
+    def test_missing_api_key(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError) as ex:
+            TiingoWebsocketClient(config={},endpoint='iex',on_msg_cb=self.cb)
+        self.assertTrue(type(ex.exception)==RuntimeError)
+
+    # test for missing callback argument    
+    def test_missing_msg_cb(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(MissingRequiredArgumentError) as ex:
+            TiingoWebsocketClient(config=self.config,endpoint='iex')
+        self.assertTrue(type(ex.exception)==MissingRequiredArgumentError)
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