diff --git a/tests/test-get-async.cpp b/tests/test-get-async.cpp
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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <ndn-cpp/Interest.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp/ContentObject.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp/c/network/TcpTransport.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ndn;
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  try {
+    Interest interest;    
+    interest.getName() = Name("/ndn/ucla.edu/apps/ndn-js-test/hello.txt/level2/%FD%05%0B%16%7D%95%0E");
+    vector<unsigned char> encoding;
+    interest.encode(encoding);
+
+    struct ndn_TcpTransport transport;
+    ndn_TcpTransport_init(&transport);
+    ndn_Error error;
+    if (error = ndn_TcpTransport_connect(&transport, (char *)"E.hub.ndn.ucla.edu", 9695))
+      return error;
+    if (error = ndn_TcpTransport_send(&transport, &encoding[0], encoding.size()))
+      return error;
+
+    unsigned char buffer[8000];
+    unsigned int nBytes;
+    while (1) {
+      if (error = ndn_TcpTransport_receive(&transport, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &nBytes))
+        return error;
+      if (buffer[0] == 0x04)
+        break;    
+    }
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < nBytes; ++i)
+      printf("%02X ", (unsigned int)buffer[i]);
+    
+    ContentObject contentObject;
+    contentObject.decode(buffer, nBytes);
+  } catch (exception &e) {
+    cout << "exception: " << e.what() << endl;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}