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+import requests_mock
+from langchain_community.document_loaders.recursive_url_loader import RecursiveUrlLoader
+import aiohttp
+
+
+def mock_requests(loader):
+    html1 = (
+        '<div><a class="blah" href="/one">hullo</a></div>'
+        '<div><a class="bleh" href="/two">buhbye</a></div>'
+    )
+    html2 = '<div><a class="first" href="../three">buhbye</a></div>'
+    html3 = '<div><a class="second" href="../three">buhbye</a></div>'
+    html4 = '<p>the end<p>'
+
+    MOCK_DEFINITIONS = [
+    ('http://test.com', html1),
+    ('http://test.com/one', html2),
+    ('http://test.com/two', html3),
+    ('http://test.com/three', html4),
+    ]
+
+    with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+        for url, html in MOCK_DEFINITIONS:
+            m.get(url, text=html)
+        docs = loader.load()
+    return docs
+
+class MockGet:
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        if "one" in url:
+            self._text = '<div><a class="first" href="../three">buhbye</a></div>'
+        elif "two" in url:
+            self._text = '<div><a class="second" href="../three">buhbye</a></div>'
+        elif "three" in url:
+            self._text = '<p>the end<p>'
+        else:
+            self._text = (
+                            '<div><a class="blah" href="/one">hullo</a></div>'
+                            '<div><a class="bleh" href="/two">buhbye</a></div>'
+                        )
+        self.headers = {}
+
+    async def text(self):
+        return self._text
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        pass
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+
+def test_sync__init__():
+    loader = RecursiveUrlLoader("http://test.com",max_depth=1)
+    docs = mock_requests(loader)
+    assert len(docs) == 1
+
+def test_async__init__(mocker):
+    mocker.patch.object(aiohttp.ClientSession, 'get', new=MockGet)
+    loader = RecursiveUrlLoader("http://test.com",max_depth=1, use_async=True)
+    docs = loader.load()
+    assert len(docs) == 1
+    
+def test_sync_deduplication():
+    loader = RecursiveUrlLoader("http://test.com",max_depth=3)
+    docs = mock_requests(loader)
+    assert len(docs) == 4
+
+def test_async_deduplication(mocker):
+    mocker.patch.object(aiohttp.ClientSession, 'get', new=MockGet)
+    loader = RecursiveUrlLoader("http://test.com",max_depth=3, use_async=True)
+    docs = loader.load()
+    assert len(docs) == 4
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