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+import React from 'react'
+import { renderHook, act, waitFor, waitForNextUpdate } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { useParallel, ParallelProvider } from '../index'
+
+const TestAccount = { id: 'test' }
+
+const ParallelMock = {
+  getProfile: (cb, _eb) => cb(TestAccount),
+  getLoginStatus: (cb) => cb({ status: 'connected' }),
+  subscribe: () => null,
+  unsubscribe: () => null,
+  _appendLoadContext: () => null,
+  login: () => 'login mock',
+  logout: () => 'logout mock',
+}
+
+const ParallelMockWithLoginError = {
+  ...ParallelMock,
+  getLoginStatus: (cb) => cb({ error: 'test error' }),
+}
+
+describe('The useParallel hook', () => {
+  test('returns the resolved Parallel client from the context', async () => {
+    const wrapper = ({ children }) => (
+      <ParallelProvider parallel={Promise.resolve(ParallelMock)}>{children}</ParallelProvider>
+    )
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useParallel(), { wrapper })
+
+    // The Provider takes a Promise for the Parallel client, so we wait until its loaded
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current).toMatchObject({ isLoaded: true }))
+
+    // make sure the hook returns the expected shape
+    expect(result.current).toMatchObject({
+      isLoaded: true,
+      parallel: ParallelMock,
+      error: undefined,
+      loginStatus: { status: 'connected' },
+      getProfile: expect.any(Function),
+      login: ParallelMock.login,
+      logout: ParallelMock.logout,
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('wraps a Promise around the getProfile callback', async () => {
+    const wrapper = ({ children }) => (
+      <ParallelProvider parallel={Promise.resolve(ParallelMock)}>{children}</ParallelProvider>
+    )
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useParallel(), { wrapper })
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current).toMatchObject({ isLoaded: true }))
+    act(() => {
+      // the getProfile Promise resolves with the user account fetched by the getProfile() callback in the Parallel client
+      result.current.getProfile().then((profile) => {
+        expect(profile).toMatchObject(TestAccount)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('indicates a login error', async () => {
+    const wrapper = ({ children }) => (
+      <ParallelProvider parallel={Promise.resolve(ParallelMockWithLoginError)}>{children}</ParallelProvider>
+    )
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useParallel(), { wrapper })
+
+    // wait to load with an error status
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current).toMatchObject({ error: 'test error' }))
+    expect(result.current).toMatchObject({
+      isLoaded: true,
+      error: 'test error',
+      loginStatus: { error: 'test error' },
+    })
+  })
+})