diff --git a/tests/random.c b/tests/random.c
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+#include <blobpack.h>
+
+enum {
+	FIELD_STRING, 
+	FIELD_INT32, 
+	FIELD_MAX
+} ; 
+
+static struct blobmsg_policy policy[FIELD_MAX] = {
+	[FIELD_STRING] = { .name = "string", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING }, 
+	[FIELD_INT32] = { .name = "int32", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32 }
+}; 
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+	struct blob_buf buf; 
+	char data[256]; 
+
+	srand(time(0)); 
+
+	for(int c = 0; c < 256; c++){
+		data[c] = rand(); 
+	}
+
+	//buf.buf = data; 
+	//buf.head = (struct blob_attr*)data; 
+
+	struct blob_buf b; 
+	blob_buf_init(&b, 0, 0); 
+	blobmsg_init(&b); 
+
+	blobmsg_add_string(&b, "string", "foo"); 
+	blobmsg_add_u32(&b, "int32", 123); 
+
+	printf("raw len: %d\n", blob_attr_raw_len(b.head)); 
+	blob_buf_init(&buf, data, 256); //b.buf, b.buflen); 
+	struct blob_attr *out[FIELD_MAX]; 
+
+	if(-1 == blobmsg_parse(policy, FIELD_MAX, out, blob_attr_data(buf.head), blob_attr_len(buf.head))){
+		printf("Error parsing blob!\n"); 
+	}
+	
+	if(!out[FIELD_STRING]) printf("OK! no string field!\n"); 
+	if(!out[FIELD_INT32]) printf("OK! no int field!\n"); 
+
+	printf("Data: \n"); 
+	printf("string: %s\n", (char*)blobmsg_data(out[FIELD_STRING])); 
+	printf("int32: %d\n", blobmsg_get_u32(out[FIELD_INT32])); 
+
+	return 0; 
+}