diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/resources.go b/pkg/analyzer/resources.go
index 96447d7..fee1e17 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/resources.go
@@ -7,19 +7,20 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package analyzer
 
 import (
-	"io"
+	"bytes"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 )
 
 const yamlParseBufferSize = 200
 
-func parseResource[T interface{}](r io.Reader) *T {
-	if r == nil {
+func parseResource[T interface{}](objDataBuf []byte) *T {
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf)
+	if reader == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	var rc T
-	err := yaml.NewYAMLOrJSONDecoder(r, yamlParseBufferSize).Decode(&rc)
+	err := yaml.NewYAMLOrJSONDecoder(reader, yamlParseBufferSize).Decode(&rc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/scan.go b/pkg/analyzer/scan.go
index 125c4a3..a159ac3 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/scan.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package analyzer
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
@@ -32,27 +31,27 @@ func ScanK8sWorkloadObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte) (*common.Resource, er
 	resourceCtx.Resource.Kind = kind
 	switch kind { // TODO: handle Pod
 	case "ReplicaSet":
-		obj := parseResource[appsv1.ReplicaSet](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[appsv1.ReplicaSet](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = &obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	case "ReplicationController":
-		obj := parseResource[v1.ReplicationController](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[v1.ReplicationController](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	case "Deployment":
-		obj := parseResource[appsv1.Deployment](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[appsv1.Deployment](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = &obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	case "DaemonSet":
-		obj := parseResource[appsv1.DaemonSet](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[appsv1.DaemonSet](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = &obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	case "StatefulSet":
-		obj := parseResource[appsv1.StatefulSet](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[appsv1.StatefulSet](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = &obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	case "Job":
-		obj := parseResource[batchv1.Job](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+		obj := parseResource[batchv1.Job](objDataBuf)
 		podSpecV1 = &obj.Spec.Template
 		metaObj = obj
 	default:
@@ -71,8 +70,8 @@ func matchLabelSelectorToStrLabels(labels map[string]string) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
-func ScanK8sConfigmapObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte) (*common.CfgMap, error) {
-	obj := parseResource[v1.ConfigMap](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+func ScanK8sConfigmapObject(objDataBuf []byte) (*common.CfgMap, error) {
+	obj := parseResource[v1.ConfigMap](objDataBuf)
 	if obj == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse configmap")
 	}
@@ -82,19 +81,15 @@ func ScanK8sConfigmapObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte) (*common.CfgMap, err
 }
 
 // Create a common.Service object from a k8s Service object
-func ScanK8sServiceObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte) (*common.Service, error) {
-	if kind != "Service" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected parsing a Service resource, but got `%s`", kind)
-	}
-
-	svcObj := parseResource[v1.Service](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+func ScanK8sServiceObject(objDataBuf []byte) (*common.Service, error) {
+	svcObj := parseResource[v1.Service](objDataBuf)
 	if svcObj == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Service resource")
 	}
 	var serviceCtx common.Service
 	serviceCtx.Resource.Name = svcObj.GetName()
 	serviceCtx.Resource.Namespace = svcObj.Namespace
-	serviceCtx.Resource.Kind = kind
+	serviceCtx.Resource.Kind = svcObj.Kind
 	serviceCtx.Resource.Type = svcObj.Spec.Type
 	serviceCtx.Resource.Selectors = matchLabelSelectorToStrLabels(svcObj.Spec.Selector)
 	serviceCtx.Resource.ExposeExternally = (svcObj.Spec.Type == v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer || svcObj.Spec.Type == v1.ServiceTypeNodePort)
@@ -109,12 +104,8 @@ func ScanK8sServiceObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte) (*common.Service, erro
 }
 
 // Scan an OpenShift Route object and mark the services it uses to be exposed inside the cluster
-func ScanOCRouteObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte, servicesToExpose common.ServicesToExpose) error {
-	if kind != "Route" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected parsing a Route resource, but got `%s`", kind)
-	}
-
-	routeObj := parseResource[ocroutev1.Route](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+func ScanOCRouteObject(objDataBuf []byte, servicesToExpose common.ServicesToExpose) error {
+	routeObj := parseResource[ocroutev1.Route](objDataBuf)
 	if routeObj == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Route resource")
 	}
@@ -133,12 +124,8 @@ func ScanOCRouteObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte, servicesToExpose common.S
 }
 
 // Scan an Ingress object and mark the services it uses to be exposed inside the cluster
-func ScanIngressObject(kind string, objDataBuf []byte, servicesToExpose common.ServicesToExpose) error {
-	if kind != "Ingress" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected parsing a Ingress resource, but got `%s`", kind)
-	}
-
-	ingressObj := parseResource[networkv1.Ingress](bytes.NewReader(objDataBuf))
+func ScanIngressObject(objDataBuf []byte, servicesToExpose common.ServicesToExpose) error {
+	ingressObj := parseResource[networkv1.Ingress](objDataBuf)
 	if ingressObj == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Ingress resource")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/scan_test.go b/pkg/analyzer/scan_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223e7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/scan_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package analyzer
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/np-guard/cluster-topology-analyzer/pkg/common"
+)
+
+func TestNetworkAddressValue(t *testing.T) {
+	type strBoolPair struct {
+		str string
+		b   bool
+	}
+
+	valuesToCheck := map[string]strBoolPair{
+		"svc":                           {"svc", true},
+		"svc:500":                       {"svc:500", true},
+		"http://svc:500":                {"svc:500", true},
+		"fttps://svc:500/something#abc": {"svc:500", true},
+		strings.Repeat("abc", 500):      {"", false},
+		"not%a*url":                     {"", false},
+		"123":                           {"", false},
+	}
+
+	for val, expectedAnswer := range valuesToCheck {
+		strRes, boolRes := NetworkAddressValue(val)
+		require.Equal(t, expectedAnswer.b, boolRes)
+		require.Equal(t, expectedAnswer.str, strRes)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScanningSvc(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"k8s_guestbook", "frontend-service.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sServiceObject(resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "frontend", res.Resource.Name)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Selectors, 2)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Network, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, 80, res.Resource.Network[0].Port)
+}
+
+func TestScanningDeploymentWithArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"sockshop", "manifests", "01-carts-dep.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sWorkloadObject("Deployment", resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "carts", res.Resource.Name)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.NetworkAddrs, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "carts-db:27017", res.Resource.NetworkAddrs[0])
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Labels, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "carts", res.Resource.Labels["name"])
+}
+
+func TestScanningDeploymentWithEnvs(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"k8s_guestbook", "frontend-deployment.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sWorkloadObject("Deployment", resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "frontend", res.Resource.Name)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.NetworkAddrs, 4)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Labels, 2)
+}
+
+func TestScanningDeploymentWithConfigMapRef(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"acs-security-demos", "frontend", "webapp", "deployment.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sWorkloadObject("Deployment", resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "webapp", res.Resource.Name)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.ConfigMapRefs, 1)
+	require.Empty(t, res.Resource.NetworkAddrs) // extracting network addresses from configmaps happens later
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Labels, 1)
+}
+
+func TestScanningReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"k8s_guestbook", "redis-leader-deployment.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sWorkloadObject("ReplicaSet", resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "redis-leader", res.Resource.Name)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.NetworkAddrs, 0)
+	require.Len(t, res.Resource.Labels, 3)
+}
+
+func TestScanningConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"qotd", "qotd_usecase.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	res, err := ScanK8sConfigmapObject(resourceBuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, res.FullName, "qotd-load/qotd-usecase-library")
+	require.Len(t, res.Data, 5)
+}
+
+func TestScanningIngress(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"bookinfo", "bookinfo-ingress.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	toExpose := common.ServicesToExpose{}
+	err = ScanIngressObject(resourceBuf, toExpose)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, toExpose, 1)
+}
+
+func TestScanningRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceBuf, err := loadResourceAsByteArray([]string{"acs-security-demos", "frontend", "webapp", "route.yaml"})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	toExpose := common.ServicesToExpose{}
+	err = ScanOCRouteObject(resourceBuf, toExpose)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, toExpose, 1)
+}
+
+func loadResourceAsByteArray(resourceDirs []string) ([]byte, error) {
+	currentDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+	resourceRelPath := filepath.Join(resourceDirs...)
+	resourcePath := filepath.Join(currentDir, "..", "..", "tests", resourceRelPath)
+	return os.ReadFile(resourcePath)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go b/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
index 4b739e5..4fa79fd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
@@ -186,24 +186,24 @@ func (rf *resourceFinder) parseK8sYaml(mfp, relMfp string) []FileProcessingError
 func (rf *resourceFinder) parseResource(kind string, yamlDoc []byte, manifestFilePath string) error {
 	switch kind {
 	case service:
-		res, err := analyzer.ScanK8sServiceObject(kind, yamlDoc)
+		res, err := analyzer.ScanK8sServiceObject(yamlDoc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		res.Resource.FilePath = manifestFilePath
 		rf.services = append(rf.services, res)
 	case route:
-		err := analyzer.ScanOCRouteObject(kind, yamlDoc, rf.servicesToExpose)
+		err := analyzer.ScanOCRouteObject(yamlDoc, rf.servicesToExpose)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case ingress:
-		err := analyzer.ScanIngressObject(kind, yamlDoc, rf.servicesToExpose)
+		err := analyzer.ScanIngressObject(yamlDoc, rf.servicesToExpose)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case configmap:
-		res, err := analyzer.ScanK8sConfigmapObject(kind, yamlDoc)
+		res, err := analyzer.ScanK8sConfigmapObject(yamlDoc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}