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+# Copyright Contributors to the Amundsen project.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import logging
+import os
+import unittest
+import uuid
+import boto3
+
+from mock import MagicMock, patch
+from pyhocon import ConfigFactory
+
+from databuilder.publisher import aws_sqs_csv_publisher
+from databuilder.publisher.aws_sqs_csv_publisher import AWSSQSCsvPublisher
+
+here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+
+class TestAWSSQSPublish(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+        self._resource_path = os.path.join(here, f'../resources/csv_publisher')
+
+    def test_publisher(self) -> None:
+        with patch.object(boto3, 'client') as mock_client, \
+                patch.object(AWSSQSCsvPublisher, '_publish_record') as mock_publish_record:
+
+            mock_send_message = MagicMock()
+            mock_client.return_value.send_message = mock_send_message
+
+            publisher = AWSSQSCsvPublisher()
+
+            conf = ConfigFactory.from_dict(
+                {aws_sqs_csv_publisher.NODE_FILES_DIR: f'{self._resource_path}/nodes',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.RELATION_FILES_DIR: f'{self._resource_path}/relations',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.AWS_SQS_REGION: 'aws_region',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.AWS_SQS_URL: 'aws_sqs_url',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.AWS_SQS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'aws_account_access_key_id',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.AWS_SQS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'aws_account_secret_access_key',
+                 aws_sqs_csv_publisher.JOB_PUBLISH_TAG: str(uuid.uuid4())}
+            )
+            publisher.init(conf)
+            publisher.publish()
+
+            # 2 node files and 1 relation file
+            self.assertEqual(mock_publish_record.call_count, 3)
+
+            self.assertEqual(mock_send_message.call_count, 1)