diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0cdde4..b8883d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.0.3
+* Add KafkaWatcher to facilitate testing of writing to Kafka
+* Fix a few minor pyflakes warnings and typos
+
 ## 2.0.2
 * Fix: #40 write_ext.kafka ignores errors.
 
diff --git a/sparkly/__init__.py b/sparkly/__init__.py
index f5d1e5c..616727d 100644
--- a/sparkly/__init__.py
+++ b/sparkly/__init__.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 assert SparklySession
 
 
-__version__ = '2.0.2'
+__version__ = '2.0.3'
diff --git a/sparkly/catalog.py b/sparkly/catalog.py
index 324fbe9..4bfb2a1 100644
--- a/sparkly/catalog.py
+++ b/sparkly/catalog.py
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import logging
-import re
-
-from pyspark.sql import DataFrame
-from pyspark.sql.types import StructType
-
 
 class SparklyCatalog(object):
     """A set of tools to interact with HiveMetastore."""
diff --git a/sparkly/reader.py b/sparkly/reader.py
index a1d3355..2a1f447 100644
--- a/sparkly/reader.py
+++ b/sparkly/reader.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def kafka(self,
         `key` and `value`.
 
         Parameters `key_deserializer` and `value_deserializer` are callables
-        which get's bytes as input and should return python structures as output.
+        which get bytes as input and should return python structures as output.
 
         Args:
             host (str): Kafka host.
diff --git a/sparkly/testing.py b/sparkly/testing.py
index 9e0e009..66d5c60 100644
--- a/sparkly/testing.py
+++ b/sparkly/testing.py
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 import shutil
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from sparkly.exceptions import FixtureError
 from sparkly import SparklySession
+from sparkly.exceptions import FixtureError
+from sparkly.utils import kafka_get_topics_offsets
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 3:
     from http.client import HTTPConnection
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
         MYSQL_FIXTURES_SUPPORT = False
 
 try:
-    from kafka import KafkaProducer
+    from kafka import KafkaProducer, SimpleClient
     KAFKA_FIXTURES_SUPPORT = True
 except ImportError:
     KAFKA_FIXTURES_SUPPORT = False
@@ -447,3 +448,105 @@ def setup_data(self):
 
     def teardown_data(self):
         pass
+
+
+class KafkaWatcher:
+    """Context manager that tracks Kafka data published to a topic
+
+    Provides access to the new items that were written to a kafka topic by code running
+    within this context.
+
+    NOTE: This is mainly useful in integration test cases and may produce unexpected results in
+    production environments, since there are no guarantees about who else may be publishing to
+    a kafka topic.
+
+    Usage:
+        my_deserializer = lambda item: json.loads(item.decode('utf-8'))
+        kafka_watcher = KafkaWatcher(
+            my_sparkly_session,
+            expected_output_dataframe_schema,
+            my_deserializer,
+            my_deserializer,
+            'my.kafkaserver.net',
+            'my_kafka_topic',
+        )
+        with kafka_watcher:
+            # do stuff that publishes messages to 'my_kafka_topic'
+        self.assertEqual(kafka_watcher.count, expected_number_of_new_messages)
+        self.assertDataFrameEqual(kafka_watcher.df, expected_df)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        spark,
+        df_schema,
+        key_deserializer,
+        value_deserializer,
+        host,
+        topic,
+        port=9092,
+    ):
+        """Initialize context manager
+
+        Parameters `key_deserializer` and `value_deserializer` are callables
+        which get bytes as input and should return python structures as output.
+
+        Args:
+            spark (SparklySession): currently active SparklySession
+            df_schema (pyspark.sql.types.StructType): schema of dataframe to be generated
+            key_deserializer (function): function used to deserialize the key
+            value_deserializer (function): function used to deserialize the value
+            host (basestring): host or ip address of the kafka server to connect to
+            topic (basestring): Kafka topic to monitor
+            port (int): port number of the Kafka server to connect to
+        """
+        self.spark = spark
+        self.topic = topic
+        self.df_schema = df_schema
+        self.key_deser, self.val_deser = key_deserializer, value_deserializer
+        self.host, self.port = host, port
+        self._df = None
+        self.count = 0
+
+        kafka_client = SimpleClient(host)
+        kafka_client.ensure_topic_exists(topic)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self._df = None
+        self.count = 0
+        self.pre_offsets = kafka_get_topics_offsets(
+            topic=self.topic,
+            host=self.host,
+            port=self.port,
+        )
+
+    def __exit__(self, e_type, e_value, e_trace):
+        self.post_offsets = kafka_get_topics_offsets(
+            topic=self.topic,
+            host=self.host,
+            port=self.port,
+        )
+        self.count = sum([
+            post[2] - pre[2]
+            for pre, post in zip(self.pre_offsets, self.post_offsets)
+        ])
+
+    @property
+    def df(self):
+        if not self.count:
+            return None
+        if not self._df:
+            offset_ranges = [
+                [pre[0], pre[2], post[2]]
+                for pre, post in zip(self.pre_offsets, self.post_offsets)
+            ]
+            self._df = self.spark.read_ext.kafka(
+                topic=self.topic,
+                offset_ranges=offset_ranges,
+                schema=self.df_schema,
+                key_deserializer=self.key_deser,
+                value_deserializer=self.val_deser,
+                host=self.host,
+                port=self.port,
+            )
+        return self._df
diff --git a/sparkly/utils.py b/sparkly/utils.py
index c6450cc..22e3190 100644
--- a/sparkly/utils.py
+++ b/sparkly/utils.py
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-from collections import OrderedDict
+import inspect
 import os
 import re
-import inspect
 
 try:
     from kafka import SimpleClient
diff --git a/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_1.json b/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..389f3f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"key": {"user_id": 1}, "value": {"meal": "dinner", "food": ["spaghetti", "meatballs"]}}
+{"key": {"user_id": 2}, "value": {"meal": "lunch", "food": ["soylent"]}}
+{"key": {"user_id": 3}, "value": {"meal": "breakfast", "food": []}}
+{"key": {"user_id": 2}, "value": {"meal": "second dinner", "food": ["galbi", "ice cream"]}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_2.json b/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68ca76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/resources/test_testing/kafka_watcher_2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{"key": {"user_id": 1}, "value": {"meal": "lunch", "food": ["pizza", "stinky tofu"]}}
+{"key": {"user_id": 4}, "value": {"meal": "lunch", "food": ["cuban sandwich", "mashed potatoes"]}}
+{"key": {"user_id": 5}, "value": {"meal": "dessert", "food": ["pecan pie", "mango"]}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_catalog.py b/tests/integration/test_catalog.py
index 84ad51d..24a97e2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_catalog.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_catalog.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import uuid
-import os
-
 from sparkly.testing import SparklyGlobalSessionTest
 from tests.integration.base import SparklyTestSession
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_testing.py b/tests/integration/test_testing.py
index c382373..084c3e9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_testing.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_testing.py
@@ -15,18 +15,20 @@
 #
 import json
 import uuid
+import pickle
 
 from sparkly.testing import (
     CassandraFixture,
     ElasticFixture,
     MysqlFixture,
     SparklyGlobalSessionTest,
-    KafkaFixture)
+    KafkaFixture,
+    KafkaWatcher)
 from sparkly.utils import absolute_path
 from tests.integration.base import SparklyTestSession
 
 try:
-    from kafka import KafkaConsumer
+    from kafka import KafkaConsumer, KafkaProducer
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
@@ -156,3 +158,56 @@ def test_kafka_fixture(self):
             absolute_path(__file__, 'resources', 'test_fixtures', 'kafka.json')
         )
         self.assertDataFrameEqual(expected_data, actual_data)
+
+
+class TestKafkaWatcher(SparklyGlobalSessionTest):
+    session = SparklyTestSession
+
+    def test_write_kafka_dataframe(self):
+        host = 'kafka.docker'
+        topic = 'test.topic.kafkawatcher.{}'.format(uuid.uuid4().hex[:10])
+        port = 9092
+        input_df, expected_data = self.get_test_data('kafka_watcher_1.json')
+
+        kafka_watcher = KafkaWatcher(
+            self.spark,
+            input_df.schema,
+            pickle.loads,
+            pickle.loads,
+            host,
+            topic,
+            port,
+        )
+        with kafka_watcher:
+            expected_count = self.write_data(input_df, host, topic, port)
+        self.assertEqual(kafka_watcher.count, expected_count)
+        self.assertDataFrameEqual(kafka_watcher.df, expected_data)
+
+        with kafka_watcher:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(kafka_watcher.count, 0)
+        self.assertIsNone(kafka_watcher.df, None)
+
+        input_df, expected_data = self.get_test_data('kafka_watcher_2.json')
+        with kafka_watcher:
+            expected_count = self.write_data(input_df, host, topic, port)
+        self.assertEqual(kafka_watcher.count, expected_count)
+        self.assertDataFrameEqual(kafka_watcher.df, expected_data)
+
+    def get_test_data(self, filename):
+        file_path = absolute_path(__file__, 'resources', 'test_testing', filename)
+        df = self.spark.read.json(file_path)
+        data = [item.asDict(recursive=True) for item in df.collect()]
+        return df, data
+
+    def write_data(self, df, host, topic, port):
+        producer = KafkaProducer(
+            bootstrap_servers=['{}:{}'.format(host, port)],
+            key_serializer=pickle.dumps,
+            value_serializer=pickle.dumps,
+        )
+        rows = df.collect()
+        for row in rows:
+            producer.send(topic, key=row.key, value=row.value)
+        producer.flush()
+        return len(rows)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 02f61d4..0cd3801 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from sparkly.exceptions import UnsupportedDataType
 from sparkly.utils import parse_schema