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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable
+@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment,
+@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+*/
+
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import mediaConfigMock from '../../src/config/mock/media.config.mock';
+import appConfigMock from '../../src/config/mock/app.config.mock';
+import authConfigMock from '../../src/config/mock/auth.config.mock';
+import customizationConfigMock from '../../src/config/mock/customization.config.mock';
+import externalConfigMock from '../../src/config/mock/external-services.config.mock';
+import { NotInDBError } from '../../src/errors/errors';
+import { GroupsModule } from '../../src/groups/groups.module';
+import { LoggerModule } from '../../src/logger/logger.module';
+import { NotesModule } from '../../src/notes/notes.module';
+import { NotesService } from '../../src/notes/notes.service';
+import { PermissionsModule } from '../../src/permissions/permissions.module';
+import { AuthModule } from '../../src/auth/auth.module';
+import { UsersService } from '../../src/users/users.service';
+import { User } from '../../src/users/user.entity';
+import { UsersModule } from '../../src/users/users.module';
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
+import { MediaService } from '../../src/media/media.service';
+import { PrivateApiModule } from '../../src/api/private/private-api.module';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+describe('Notes', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let notesService: NotesService;
+  let mediaService: MediaService;
+  let user: User;
+  let user2: User;
+  let content: string;
+  let forbiddenNoteId: string;
+  let uploadPath: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        ConfigModule.forRoot({
+          isGlobal: true,
+          load: [
+            mediaConfigMock,
+            appConfigMock,
+            authConfigMock,
+            customizationConfigMock,
+            externalConfigMock,
+          ],
+        }),
+        PrivateApiModule,
+        NotesModule,
+        PermissionsModule,
+        GroupsModule,
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot({
+          type: 'sqlite',
+          database: './hedgedoc-e2e-notes.sqlite',
+          autoLoadEntities: true,
+          synchronize: true,
+          dropSchema: true,
+        }),
+        LoggerModule,
+        AuthModule,
+        UsersModule,
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+
+    const config = moduleRef.get<ConfigService>(ConfigService);
+    forbiddenNoteId = config.get('appConfig').forbiddenNoteIds[0];
+    uploadPath = config.get('mediaConfig').backend.filesystem.uploadPath;
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    await app.init();
+    notesService = moduleRef.get(NotesService);
+    mediaService = moduleRef.get(MediaService);
+    const userService = moduleRef.get(UsersService);
+    user = await userService.createUser('hardcoded', 'Testy');
+    user2 = await userService.createUser('hardcoded2', 'Max Mustermann');
+    content = 'This is a test note.';
+  });
+
+  it('POST /notes', async () => {
+    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post('/notes')
+      .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
+      .send(content)
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(201);
+    expect(response.body.metadata?.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(
+      await notesService.getNoteContent(
+        await notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias(response.body.metadata.id),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(content);
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /notes/{note}', () => {
+    it('works with an existing note', async () => {
+      // check if we can succefully get a note that exists
+      await notesService.createNote(content, 'test1', user);
+      const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/notes/test1')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200);
+      expect(response.body.content).toEqual(content);
+    });
+    it('fails with an non-existing note', async () => {
+      // check if a missing note correctly returns 404
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/notes/i_dont_exist')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(404);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('POST /notes/{note}', () => {
+    it('works with a non-existing alias', async () => {
+      const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .post('/notes/test2')
+        .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
+        .send(content)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(201);
+      expect(response.body.metadata?.id).toBeDefined();
+      return expect(
+        await notesService.getNoteContent(
+          await notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias(response.body.metadata?.id),
+        ),
+      ).toEqual(content);
+    });
+
+    it('fails with a forbidden alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .post(`/notes/${forbiddenNoteId}`)
+        .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
+        .send(content)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(400);
+    });
+
+    it('fails with a existing alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .post('/notes/test2')
+        .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
+        .send(content)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(400);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('DELETE /notes/{note}', () => {
+    it('works with an existing alias', async () => {
+      await notesService.createNote(content, 'test3', user);
+      await request(app.getHttpServer()).delete('/notes/test3').expect(204);
+      await expect(notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias('test3')).rejects.toEqual(
+        new NotInDBError("Note with id/alias 'test3' not found."),
+      );
+    });
+    it('fails with a forbidden alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .delete(`/notes/${forbiddenNoteId}`)
+        .expect(400);
+    });
+    it('fails with a non-existing alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .delete('/notes/i_dont_exist')
+        .expect(404);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /notes/{note}/revisions', () => {
+    it('works with existing alias', async () => {
+      await notesService.createNote(content, 'test4', user);
+      const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/notes/test4/revisions')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200);
+      expect(response.body).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('fails with a forbidden alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get(`/notes/${forbiddenNoteId}/revisions`)
+        .expect(400);
+    });
+
+    it('fails with non-existing alias', async () => {
+      // check if a missing note correctly returns 404
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/notes/i_dont_exist/revisions')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(404);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /notes/{note}/revisions/{revision-id}', () => {
+    it('works with an existing alias', async () => {
+      const note = await notesService.createNote(content, 'test5', user);
+      const revision = await notesService.getLatestRevision(note);
+      const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get(`/notes/test5/revisions/${revision.id}`)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200);
+      expect(response.body.content).toEqual(content);
+    });
+    it('fails with a forbidden alias', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get(`/notes/${forbiddenNoteId}/revisions/1`)
+        .expect(400);
+    });
+    it('fails with non-existing alias', async () => {
+      // check if a missing note correctly returns 404
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/notes/i_dont_exist/revisions/1')
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(404);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /notes/{note}/media', () => {
+    it('works', async () => {
+      const note = await notesService.createNote(content, 'test6', user);
+      const extraNote = await notesService.createNote(content, 'test7', user);
+      const httpServer = app.getHttpServer();
+      const response = await request(httpServer)
+        .get(`/notes/${note.id}/media/`)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200);
+      expect(response.body).toHaveLength(0);
+
+      const testImage = await fs.readFile('test/public-api/fixtures/test.png');
+      const url0 = await mediaService.saveFile(testImage, 'hardcoded', note.id);
+      const url1 = await mediaService.saveFile(
+        testImage,
+        'hardcoded',
+        extraNote.id,
+      );
+
+      const responseAfter = await request(httpServer)
+        .get(`/notes/${note.id}/media/`)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200);
+      expect(responseAfter.body).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(responseAfter.body[0].url).toEqual(url0);
+      expect(responseAfter.body[0].url).not.toEqual(url1);
+      for (const fileUrl of [url0, url1]) {
+        const fileName = fileUrl.replace('/uploads/', '');
+        // delete the file afterwards
+        await fs.unlink(join(uploadPath, fileName));
+      }
+      await fs.rmdir(uploadPath);
+    });
+    it('fails, when note does not exist', async () => {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get(`/notes/i_dont_exist/media/`)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(404);
+    });
+    it("fails, when user can't read note", async () => {
+      const note = await notesService.createNote(
+        'This is a test note.',
+        'test11',
+        user2,
+      );
+      await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get(`/notes/${note.id}/media/`)
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(401);
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+  });
+});