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+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'rack/test'
+
+describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
+  include Rack::Test::Methods
+
+  def app()
+    # because of how Vmpooler::API.settings are used
+    # we need to test the whole thing...
+    Vmpooler::API
+  end
+
+  describe 'tokens' do
+    let(:redis) { double('redis') }
+    let(:config) {
+      {
+          config: {'site_name' => 'test pooler'},
+          auth:   {exists: 1}
+      }
+    }
+    let(:prefix) { '/api/v1' }
+
+    before do
+      $config = config
+
+      app.settings.set :config, config
+      app.settings.set :redis, redis
+      app.settings.set :environment, :test
+    end
+
+    describe 'GET /token/:token' do
+
+      context 'valid tokens' do
+        before do
+          allow(redis).to receive(:exists).and_return 1
+          allow(redis).to receive(:hgetall).and_return 'atoken'
+        end
+
+        it 'sets key to passed value (:token)' do
+          get "#{prefix}/token/this"
+
+          expect(last_response).to be_ok
+          expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate({'ok' => true, 'this' => 'atoken'}))
+          expect(last_response.header['Content-Type']).to eq('application/json')
+
+          get "#{prefix}/token/that"
+
+          expect(last_response).to be_ok
+          expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate({'ok' => true, 'that' => 'atoken'}))
+          expect(last_response.header['Content-Type']).to eq('application/json')
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    describe 'DELETE /token/:token' do
+
+      context 'valid tokens' do
+        before do
+          allow(redis).to receive(:exists).with(String).and_return 1
+          allow(redis).to receive(:del)
+        end
+
+        it 'deletes the key' do
+          expect(redis).to receive(:del)
+
+          delete "#{prefix}/token/this"
+
+          expect(last_response).to be_ok
+          expect(last_response.header['Content-Type']).to eq('application/json')
+          expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate({'ok' => true}))
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
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