diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5ec4ff..39a1885 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ cmake-build*
 .idea
 .cache
 .env
-scripts/
+scripts/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/DRAMUtils/memspec/MemSpec.h b/include/DRAMUtils/memspec/MemSpec.h
index 8aa99a5..c7dc84c 100644
--- a/include/DRAMUtils/memspec/MemSpec.h
+++ b/include/DRAMUtils/memspec/MemSpec.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <variant>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include "DRAMUtils/util/json.h"
 #include "DRAMUtils/util/types.h"
@@ -89,4 +93,100 @@ NLOHMANN_JSONIFY_ALL_THINGS(MemSpecContainer, memspec)
 
 } // namespace DRAMUtils::MemSpec
 
+namespace DRAMUtils {
+
+namespace detail
+{
+struct keys
+{
+    static constexpr char memSpec[] = "memspec";
+};
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Parses Memspec from JSON data into a MemSpecVariant object.
+ * 
+ * This function attempts to parse a MemSpecVariant object from JSON data. It first
+ * checks if the provided key exists in the JSON object; if found, it tries to extract
+ * and parse the corresponding JSON value into the MemSpecVariant. If no key is provided
+ * or the key is not found, it attempts to parse the entire JSON object directly.
+ * 
+ * @param json The json object containing the MemSpec data
+ * @param key Optional key to locate the MemSpec data in the json object.
+ *            Defaults to "memspec" if not provided.
+ * 
+ * @return An optional MemSpecVariant object if the JSON data was successfully parsed or std::nullopt otherwise.
+ */
+std::optional<MemSpec::MemSpecVariant> parse_memspec_from_json(const json_t& json, std::string_view key = detail::keys::memSpec)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        MemSpec::MemSpecVariant result;
+        if (!key.empty() && json.contains(key) && result.from_json(json.at(key)))
+            return result;
+        else if (result.from_json(json))
+            return result;
+    }
+    catch (std::exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Parses Memspec from a string buffer into a MemSpecVariant object.
+ *        This function is a wrapper around parse_memspec_from_json.
+ * 
+ * @param buffer The string buffer containing the MemSpec data
+ * @param key Optional key to locate the MemSpec data in the json object.
+ *           Defaults to "memspec" if not provided.
+ * 
+ * @return An optional MemSpecVariant object if the JSON data was successfully parsed or std::nullopt otherwise.
+ */
+std::optional<MemSpec::MemSpecVariant> parse_Memspec_from_buffer(std::string_view buffer, std::string_view key = detail::keys::memSpec)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return parse_memspec_from_json(json_t::parse(buffer), key);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception&)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Parses Memspec from a file into a MemSpecVariant object.
+ *       This function is a wrapper around parse_memspec_from_json.
+ * 
+ * @param path The path to the file containing the MemSpec data
+ * @param key Optional key to locate the MemSpec data in the json object.
+ *          Defaults to "memspec" if not provided.
+ * 
+ * @return An optional MemSpecVariant object if the JSON data was successfully parsed or std::nullopt otherwise.
+ */
+std::optional<MemSpec::MemSpecVariant> parse_memspec_from_file(const std::filesystem::path &path, std::string_view key = detail::keys::memSpec)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(path))
+            return std::nullopt;
+
+        std::ifstream file(path);
+        if (!file.is_open())
+            return std::nullopt;
+
+        json_t json_obj = json_t::parse(file);
+        return parse_memspec_from_json(json_obj, key);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception&)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace DRAMUtils
+
 #endif /* DRAMUTILS_MEMSPEC_MEMSPEC_H */
diff --git a/tests/tests_memspec/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/tests_memspec/CMakeLists.txt
index 1aa8294..39b32ce 100644
--- a/tests/tests_memspec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/tests_memspec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES base/*.cpp)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE_FILES} ${HEADER_FILES})
 
-target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC TEST_RESOURCE_DIR="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/")
+target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC TEST_RESOURCE_DIR="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/temp/")
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
     gtest_main
diff --git a/tests/tests_memspec/base/test_base.cpp b/tests/tests_memspec/base/test_base.cpp
index 51f02bf..4a1a4fc 100644
--- a/tests/tests_memspec/base/test_base.cpp
+++ b/tests/tests_memspec/base/test_base.cpp
@@ -1,81 +1,176 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#include <memory>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <variant>
-#include <utility>
+#include <sstream>
 
+#include "DRAMUtils/util/json.h"
 #include "DRAMUtils/memspec/MemSpec.h"
 #include "DRAMUtils/memspec/standards/MemSpecDDR3.h"
 
 using namespace DRAMUtils;
 
-// TODO change Config::MemSpec namespace to MemSpec
-class Memspec_Base_Test : public ::testing::Test {
-protected:
-    // Test variables
-    std::string_view path = "test.json";
-    MemSpec::MemSpecContainer writeContainer;
-    MemSpec::MemSpecContainer readContainer;
-
-    bool writeContainerToJsonFile()
-    {
-        std::ofstream file(path.data());
-        if(!file.is_open())
-            return false;
-        nlohmann::json j = writeContainer;
-        file << j.dump(4);
-        return true;
+const char* test_mem_spec = R"(
+{
+    "memarchitecturespec": {
+        "burstLength": 0,
+        "dataRate": 0,
+        "nbrOfBanks": 0,
+        "nbrOfChannels": 0,
+        "nbrOfColumns": 0,
+        "nbrOfDevices": 0,
+        "nbrOfRows": 0,
+        "nbrOfRanks": 0,
+        "width": 0
+    },
+    "memoryId": "Test_DDR3",
+    "memoryType": "DDR3",
+    "memtimingspec": {
+        "ACTPDEN": 0,
+        "AL": 0,
+        "CCD": 0,
+        "CKE": 11,
+        "CKESR": 0,
+        "DQSCK": 0,
+        "FAW": 0,
+        "PRPDEN": 0,
+        "RAS": 0,
+        "RC": 0,
+        "RCD": 0,
+        "REFI": 0,
+        "REFPDEN": 0,
+        "RFC": 0,
+        "RL": 0,
+        "RP": 0,
+        "RRD": 0,
+        "RTP": 0,
+        "RTRS": 0,
+        "WL": 0,
+        "WR": 0,
+        "WTR": 0,
+        "XP": 0,
+        "XPDLL": 0,
+        "XS": 0,
+        "XSDLL": 0,
+        "tCK": 0.0
     }
+}
+)";
 
-    bool readContainerFromJsonFile()
-    {
-        std::ifstream file(path.data());
-        if(!file.is_open())
-            return false;
-        nlohmann::json j;
-        file >> j;
-        readContainer = j;
-        return true;
-    }
+class Memspec_Base_Test : public ::testing::Test 
+{
+protected:
+    // Test data
+    MemSpec::MemSpecContainer test_container;
 
-    virtual void SetUp()
+    // Test util functions
+    std::stringstream writeContainerToStream(const MemSpec::MemSpecContainer& container)
     {
+        std::stringstream stream;
+        json_t j = container;
+        stream << j.dump(4);
+        return stream;
     }
 
-    virtual void TearDown()
+    MemSpec::MemSpecContainer readContainerFromStream(std::stringstream& stream)
     {
+        json_t j;
+        stream >> j;
+
+        MemSpec::MemSpecContainer result = j;
+        return result;
     }
-};
 
-TEST_F(Memspec_Base_Test, Test_0)
-{
-    using namespace DRAMUtils::MemSpec;
-    // Write MemSpecContainer to file
+    MemSpec::MemSpecVariant createDummyMemSpec()
     {
-        MemSpecDDR3 memspec;
-        memspec.memarchitecturespec = MemArchitectureSpecTypeDDR3{};
+        MemSpec::MemSpecDDR3 memspec;
+        memspec.memarchitecturespec = MemSpec::MemArchitectureSpecTypeDDR3{};
         memspec.memoryId = "Test_DDR3";
         memspec.memarchitecturespec.nbrOfRows = 10;
-        memspec.memtimingspec = MemTimingSpecDDR3{};
+        memspec.memtimingspec = MemSpec::MemTimingSpecDDR3{};
         memspec.memtimingspec.CKE = 11;
-        writeContainer.memspec.setVariant(memspec);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(writeContainerToJsonFile());
+        MemSpec::MemSpecVariant variant;
+        variant.setVariant(memspec);
+        return variant;
     }
-    // Readback container from file
+    
+    void compareMemSpec(MemSpec::MemSpecVariant& variant)
     {
-        // Read file
-        ASSERT_TRUE(readContainerFromJsonFile());
-        auto variant = readContainer.memspec.getVariant();
-        // Get variant
-        MemSpecDDR3 memspec = std::get<MemSpecDDR3>(variant);
-        // MemoryId
+        MemSpec::MemSpecDDR3 memspec = std::get<MemSpec::MemSpecDDR3>(variant.getVariant());
         ASSERT_EQ(memspec.memoryId, "Test_DDR3");
-        // MemArchitectureSpecType
         ASSERT_EQ(memspec.memarchitecturespec.nbrOfRows, 10);
-        // MemTimingSpecType
         ASSERT_EQ(memspec.memtimingspec.CKE, 11);
     }
-}
+
+    virtual void SetUp()
+    {
+        test_container.memspec = createDummyMemSpec();
+    }
+
+    virtual void TearDown()
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+TEST_F(Memspec_Base_Test, IDVariant)
+{
+    auto stream = writeContainerToStream(test_container);
+    auto out_container = readContainerFromStream(stream);
+    compareMemSpec(out_container.memspec);
+};
+
+TEST_F(Memspec_Base_Test, ParseMemSpec)
+{
+    // Test data
+    json_t test_json = test_container;
+
+    // Parse from buffer
+    auto ok_spec = DRAMUtils::parse_Memspec_from_buffer(test_mem_spec);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ok_spec);
+
+    // Parse from json
+    auto ok_spec_1 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(test_json);
+    auto ok_spec_2 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(test_json, "memspec");
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ok_spec_1);
+    compareMemSpec(*ok_spec_1);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ok_spec_2);
+    compareMemSpec(*ok_spec_2);
+
+    // Test with different key
+    json_t test_diff_key_json;
+    test_diff_key_json["other_key"] = test_json["memspec"];
+
+    auto ok_spec_3 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(test_diff_key_json, "other_key");
+    compareMemSpec(*ok_spec_3);
+
+    // Parse memspec without container
+    auto spec_json = test_json["memspec"];
+
+    auto ok_spec_4 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(spec_json);
+    compareMemSpec(*ok_spec_4);
+};
+
+TEST_F(Memspec_Base_Test, ParseMemSpec_Invalid)
+{
+    // Test data
+    json_t test_json = test_container;
+
+    // Parse from empty buffer
+    ASSERT_FALSE(DRAMUtils::parse_Memspec_from_buffer(""));
+
+    // Parse with wrong key
+    auto fail_spec_1 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(test_json, "MemSpeck");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(fail_spec_1);
+
+    // Parse with empty key
+    auto fail_spec_2 = DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(test_json, "");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(fail_spec_2);
+
+    // Test with invalid json
+    json_t invalid = {"test", 0};
+    ASSERT_FALSE(DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(invalid));
+
+    // Test with invalid memspec
+    json_t invalid_spec = test_container;
+    invalid_spec["memspec"]["memarchitecturespec"].erase("nbrOfRows");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(DRAMUtils::parse_memspec_from_json(invalid_spec));
+}
\ No newline at end of file