def METHOD_NAME(etcd_client_mock, instance):
    """
    Test if it get a value from etcd, by direct path
    """
    with patch.dict(etcd_mod.__utils__, {"etcd_util.get_conn": etcd_client_mock}):
        instance.get.return_value = "stack"
        assert etcd_mod.get_("salt") == "stack"
        instance.get.assert_called_with("salt", recurse=False)
        instance.get.return_value = {"salt": "stack"}
        assert etcd_mod.get_("salt", recurse=True) == {"salt": "stack"}
        instance.get.assert_called_with("salt", recurse=True)
        instance.get.side_effect = Exception
        pytest.raises(Exception, etcd_mod.get_, "err")