diff --git a/mailcom/inout.py b/mailcom/inout.py
index 5b6956b..00a6706 100644
--- a/mailcom/inout.py
+++ b/mailcom/inout.py
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 def list_of_files(directory_name: str) -> list[Path]:
+    """Function to create a list of files that are present in a directory as path objects.
+    
+    Args: 
+        directory_name (str): The directory where the files are located.
+    
+    Returns:
+        list[Path]: A list of Path objects that represent the files in the directory."""
     if not os.path.exists(directory_name): # check if given dir exists raises error otherwise
         raise OSError("Path {} does not exist".format(directory_name))
     mypath = Path(directory_name)
@@ -13,28 +20,39 @@ def list_of_files(directory_name: str) -> list[Path]:
         raise ValueError("The directory {} does not contain .eml or .html files. Please check that the directory is containing the email data files".format(mypath))
     return email_list
 
-def get_html_text(text_check):
+def get_html_text(text_check: str) -> str:
+    """Clean up a string if it contains html content.
+    Args:
+        text_check (str): The string that may contain html content.
+        
+    Returns:
+        str: The (potentially) cleaned up string."""
     soup = BeautifulSoup(text_check , 'html.parser')
     if soup.find():
-        text = soup.get_text()
-        return text
+        text_check = soup.get_text()
     return text_check
 
-def get_text(file):
+def get_text(file: Path) -> str:
+    """Function to extract the textual content and other metadata from an email file.
+    
+    Args:
+        file (Path): The path to the email file.
+        
+    Returns:
+        str: The textual content of the email. In the future, this will return the 
+        complete dictionary with the metadata."""
     if not file.is_file(): # check if given file exists raises error otherwise
         raise OSError("File {} does not exist".format(file))
     with open(file, 'rb') as fhdl:
         raw_email = fhdl.read()
     ep = eml_parser.EmlParser(include_raw_body=True)
     parsed_eml = ep.decode_email_bytes(raw_email)
-    attachments = 0
     attachmenttypes = []
-    if "attachment" in parsed_eml:
-        attachments = len(parsed_eml["attachment"])
-        if attachments > 0:
-            for i in range(attachments):
-                attachmenttypes.append(parsed_eml["attachment"][i]["extension"])
-        
+    # find if there are any attachements, and if yes, how many
+    attachments = len(parsed_eml["attachment"]) if "attachment" in parsed_eml else 0
+    # find the types of attachements
+    if attachments > 0:
+        attachmenttypes = [parsed_eml["attachment"][i]["extension"] for i in range(attachments)]
     email_content = {"content": parsed_eml["body"][0]["content"], 
                  "date": parsed_eml["header"]["date"], 
                  "attachment": attachments, 
@@ -43,6 +61,11 @@ def get_text(file):
     return(email_content["content"])
 
 
-def write_file(text, name):
+def write_file(text: str, name: str)-> None:
+    """Write the extracted string to a text file.
+    
+    Args:
+        text (str): The string to be written to the file.
+        name (str): The name of the file to be written."""
     with open("{}.out".format(name), "w") as file:
         file.write(text)
diff --git a/mailcom/test/test_inout.py b/mailcom/test/test_inout.py
index 5db705f..61fc553 100644
--- a/mailcom/test/test_inout.py
+++ b/mailcom/test/test_inout.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 import pytest
 from pathlib import Path
 
+
+FILE_PATH = Path("mailcom/test/data/Bonjour Agathe.eml")
+TEXT_REF = "J'espère que tu vas bien!"
+
 def test_list_of_files_found(tmp_path):
     p = tmp_path / "test.eml"
     p.write_text("test")
@@ -28,6 +32,9 @@ def test_get_text(tmp_path):
     p = tmp_path / "test.eml"
     p.write_text("test")
     assert get_text(p) == 'test'
+    text = get_text(FILE_PATH)
+    print(text[0:25])
+    assert text[0:25] == TEXT_REF
 
 def test_get_text_err():
     with pytest.raises(OSError):