diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/test/TemplateTest.php b/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/test/TemplateTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * App
+ *
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Nathan Gray
+ * @package 
+ * @copyright (c) 2017  Nathan Gray
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+namespace EGroupware\Api\Etemplate\Widget;
+
+/**
+ * Description of TemplateTest
+ *
+ * @author nathan
+ */
+class TemplateTest extends WidgetBaseTest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Test instanciation of a template
+	 */
+	public function testInstance()
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete(
+          'This test has not been implemented yet.'
+        );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate/test/WidgetBaseTest.php b/api/src/Etemplate/test/WidgetBaseTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Base test file for all widget tests
+ *
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Nathan Gray
+ * @package api
+ * @copyright (c) 2017  Nathan Gray
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+namespace EGroupware\Api\Etemplate;
+
+// test base providing Egw environment, since we need the DB
+require_once realpath(__DIR__.'/../../test/LoggedInTest.php');
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all widget tests
+ *
+ * Widget scans the apps for widgets, which needs the app list, pulled from the
+ * database, so we need to log in.
+ */
+class WidgetBaseTest extends \EGroupware\Api\LoggedInTest {
+	//put your code here
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/EtemplateTest.php b/api/src/test/EtemplateTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Test Etemplate main file
+ *
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Nathan Gray
+ * @package api
+ * @copyright (c) 2017  Nathan Gray
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+namespace EGroupware\Api;
+
+use EGroupware\Api;
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Test the main class of Etemplate
+ *
+ * Etemplate Widget base classscans the apps for widgets, which needs the app
+ * list, pulled from the database, so we need to log in.
+ */
+class EtemplateTest extends \EGroupware\Api\LoggedInTest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Test reading xml files
+	 *
+	 * This really just tests that the files can be found.  Testing the parsing
+	 * is done in the Template test.
+	 */
+	public function testRead()
+	{
+		$etemplate = new Etemplate();
+
+		// Test missing template fails
+		$this->assertEquals(false, $etemplate->read('totally invalid'), 'Reading invalid template');
+
+		// Templates must be in the correct templates directory - use one from API
+		$this->assertEquals(true, $etemplate->read('api.prompt'));
+	}
+
+	public function testSetDOMId()
+	{
+
+		$etemplate = new Etemplate();
+/*
+		Etemplate::$response = $this->getMockBuilder(Etemplate\Api\Json\Response)
+			->disableOriginalConstructor()
+			->setMethods(['generic'])
+			->getMock($etemplate);
+		Etemplate::$response->expects($this->once())
+				->method('generic');
+		*/
+		$etemplate->set_dom_id('test_id');
+
+		$this->markTestIncomplete(
+          'This test has not been implemented yet.'
+        );
+	}
+
+	public function testArrayMerge()
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete(
+          'This test has not been implemented yet.'
+        );
+	}
+
+	public function testExec()
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete(
+          'This test has not been implemented yet.'
+        );
+	}
+}