diff --git a/cli/src/__tests__/utils/avro.test.ts b/cli/src/__tests__/utils/avro.test.ts
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+import { clearCache, getAvroType, serializeAvroToBuffer, deserializeBufferToAvro } from '../../utils/avro'
+import logWrapper from '../../utils/logWrapper'
+import { expect, describe, it } from '@jest/globals'
+import * as avsc from 'avsc'
+import * as path from 'path'
+
+// Mock the logWrapper and process.exit
+jest.mock('../../utils/logWrapper', () => ({
+  fail: jest.fn(),
+}))
+const mockExit = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation((code?: number) => {
+  throw new Error(`Process exited with code ${code}`)
+})
+
+const mockSchemaPath = path.join(__dirname, 'mockData/mockAvroSchema.avsc')
+const schema: avsc.Type = avsc.Type.forSchema({
+  type: 'record',
+  name: 'SensorData',
+  fields: [
+    { name: 'deviceId', type: 'string' },
+    { name: 'sensorType', type: 'string' },
+    { name: 'value', type: 'double' },
+    { name: 'timestamp', type: 'long' },
+  ],
+})
+expect(avsc.Type.isType(schema)).toBe(true)
+
+const jsonMessage = '{"deviceId":"123456", "sensorType": "Temperature", "value": 22.5, "timestamp": 16700}'
+const message = JSON.parse(jsonMessage)
+
+// tests:
+describe('avro', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // clear schema cache before each test
+    clearCache()
+  })
+
+  describe('getAvroType', () => {
+    it('should get avro schema from a specific file', () => {
+      const resultSchema = getAvroType(mockSchemaPath)
+
+      expect(avsc.Type.isType(resultSchema)).toBe(true)
+      expect(schema.equals(resultSchema)).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if schema read from file is invalid', () => {
+      const invalidSchemaPath = path.join(__dirname, '/mockData/invalidSchema.avsc')
+
+      expect(() => getAvroType(invalidSchemaPath)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Schema not following JSON format:*/))
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if file does not exist', () => {
+      const nonExistFilePath = path.join(__dirname, 'file_not_exists')
+      expect(() => getAvroType(nonExistFilePath)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Unable to load avro schema from *:*/))
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('serializeAvroToBuffer', () => {
+    it('should serialize Json message with an avro schema correctly', () => {
+      const inputMessage = message
+
+      const targetBuffer = schema.toBuffer(inputMessage)
+
+      const resultBuffer = serializeAvroToBuffer(jsonMessage, mockSchemaPath)
+
+      expect(resultBuffer).toBeInstanceOf(Buffer)
+      expect(targetBuffer.equals(resultBuffer)).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if input message does not follow json format', () => {
+      const unstructuredInputMessage = 'Hello, world!'
+
+      expect(() => serializeAvroToBuffer(unstructuredInputMessage, mockSchemaPath)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Invalid JSON input:*/))
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if message does not match schema', async () => {
+      const unmatchedMessageObj = JSON.parse(jsonMessage)
+      delete unmatchedMessageObj.deviceId
+      const unmatchedMessage = JSON.stringify(unmatchedMessageObj)
+
+      expect(() => serializeAvroToBuffer(unmatchedMessage, mockSchemaPath)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringMatching(/Unable to serialize message to avro buffer:*/),
+      )
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('deserializeBufferToAvro', () => {
+    it('should deserialize Buffer to string with an avro schema correctly', () => {
+      const inputBuffer = schema.toBuffer(message)
+      const targetMessage = JSON.stringify(schema.fromBuffer(inputBuffer))
+
+      // test without format
+      const resultMessageWithoutFormat = deserializeBufferToAvro(inputBuffer, mockSchemaPath, false)
+      expect(typeof resultMessageWithoutFormat).toBe('string')
+      expect(resultMessageWithoutFormat === targetMessage).toBe(true)
+
+      // test with format
+      const resultMessageWithFormat = deserializeBufferToAvro(inputBuffer, mockSchemaPath, true)
+      expect(resultMessageWithFormat).toBeInstanceOf(Buffer)
+      expect(resultMessageWithoutFormat === targetMessage).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if Buffer is not valid avro encoded buffer', () => {
+      const randomBuffer = Buffer.from([0x4f, 0x61, 0x7a, 0x3b, 0x19, 0x8e, 0x27, 0x56, 0x9c, 0x2d, 0x73, 0x81])
+
+      // test without format
+      expect(() => deserializeBufferToAvro(randomBuffer, mockSchemaPath, false)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Unable to deserialize avro encoded buffer:*/))
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+
+      // test with format
+      expect(() => deserializeBufferToAvro(randomBuffer, mockSchemaPath, true)).toThrow()
+      expect(logWrapper.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Unable to deserialize avro encoded buffer:*/))
+      expect(mockExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/invalidSchema.avsc b/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/invalidSchema.avsc
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index 000000000..6dfc4ebfd
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+++ b/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/invalidSchema.avsc
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+{
+    "type": "record",
+    "name": "Sens
+    "fields": [
+        {"name": "deviceId", "type": "string"}
+        pe", "type": "string"}
+        {"na
+        {"name": "timestamp", "type":}
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/mockAvroSchema.avsc b/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/mockAvroSchema.avsc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc73033f6
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+++ b/cli/src/__tests__/utils/mockData/mockAvroSchema.avsc
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+{
+    "type": "record",
+    "name": "SensorData",
+    "fields": [
+        {"name": "deviceId", "type": "string"},
+        {"name": "sensorType", "type": "string"},
+        {"name": "value", "type": "double"},
+        {"name": "timestamp", "type": "long"}
+    ]
+}