diff --git a/cli/sdncon/ui/test.py b/cli/sdncon/ui/test.py
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+from showswitch import show_switch_data
+import json, urllib2
+
+def main():
+    request = None
+    print show_switch_data(None)
+
+    #url = 'http://localhost:8000/rest/v1/model/switch-alias/'
+    #print json.load(urllib2.urlopen(url))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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