diff --git a/pymisp/api.py b/pymisp/api.py
index e17e464..ff21fa9 100644
--- a/pymisp/api.py
+++ b/pymisp/api.py
@@ -815,9 +815,12 @@ class PyMISP(object):
 
     def _encode_file_to_upload(self, filepath_or_bytes):
         """Helper to encode a file to upload"""
-        if isinstance(filepath_or_bytes, basestring) and os.path.isfile(filepath_or_bytes):
-            with open(filepath_or_bytes, 'rb') as f:
-                binblob = f.read()
+        if isinstance(filepath_or_bytes, basestring):
+            if os.path.isfile(filepath_or_bytes):
+                with open(filepath_or_bytes, 'rb') as f:
+                    binblob = f.read()
+            else:
+                binblob = filepath_or_bytes.encode()
         else:
             binblob = filepath_or_bytes
         return base64.b64encode(binblob).decode()
@@ -1583,6 +1586,18 @@ class PyMISP(object):
         response = self.__prepare_request('GET', url)
         return self._check_response(response)
 
+    # ############## Galaxies/Clusters ##################
+
+    def get_galaxies(self):
+        url = urljoin(self.root_url, '/galaxies')
+        response = self.__prepare_request('GET', url)
+        return self._check_response(response)
+
+    def get_galaxy(self, galaxy_id):
+        url = urljoin(self.root_url, '/galaxies/view/{}'.format(galaxy_id))
+        response = self.__prepare_request('GET', url)
+        return self._check_response(response)
+
     # ##############################################
     # ############### Non-JSON output ##############
     # ##############################################
diff --git a/tests/test_offline.py b/tests/test_offline.py
index 53f0be8..1a1fd75 100644
--- a/tests/test_offline.py
+++ b/tests/test_offline.py
@@ -444,11 +444,11 @@ class TestOffline(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual((False, None), pymisp.download_samples())
 
     def test_sample_upload(self, m):
-        if (3, 0) < sys.version_info < (3, 5):
-            return unittest.SkipTest()
         self.initURI(m)
         pymisp = PyMISP(self.domain, self.key)
         upload = pymisp.upload_sample("tmux", "tests/viper-test-files/test_files/tmux", 1)
+        upload = pymisp.upload_sample("tmux", "non_existing_file", 1)
+        upload = pymisp.upload_sample("tmux", b"binblob", 1)
 
     def test_get_all_tags(self, m):
         self.initURI(m)