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+use 5.6.0;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use lib 't/lib';
+
+my $base = 'http://localhost';
+
+use RestTest;
+use DBICTest;
+use URI;
+use Test::More;
+use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst 'RestTest';
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use JSON::Any;
+
+my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new;
+ok(my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema(), 'got schema');
+
+my $artist_view_url = "$base/api/rpc/artist/id/";
+
+{
+ my $id = 1;
+ my $req = GET( $artist_view_url . $id, undef, 'Accept' => 'application/json' );
+ $mech->request($req);
+ cmp_ok( $mech->status, '==', 200, 'open attempt okay' );
+ my %expected_response = $schema->resultset('Artist')->find($id)->get_columns;
+ my $response = JSON::Any->Load( $mech->content);
+ is_deeply( $response, { data => \%expected_response, success => 'true' }, 'correct data returned' );
+}
+
+{
+ my $id = 5;
+ my $req = GET( $artist_view_url . $id, undef, 'Accept' => 'application/json' );
+ $mech->request($req);
+ cmp_ok( $mech->status, '==', 400, 'open attempt not ok' );
+ my $response = JSON::Any->Load( $mech->content);
+ is($response->{success}, 'false', 'not existing object fetch failed ok');
+ like($response->{messages}->[0], qr/^No object found for id/, 'error message for not existing object fetch ok');
+}
+
+done_testing();