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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from documents.tests import DocumentTestMixin
+from rest_api.tests import BaseAPITestCase
+
+from ..models import Index
+from ..permissions import (
+    permission_document_indexing_create, permission_document_indexing_delete,
+    permission_document_indexing_view
+)
+
+from .literals import TEST_INDEX_LABEL, TEST_INDEX_SLUG
+from .mixins import DocumentIndexingTestMixin
+
+
+class DocumentIndexingAPITestCase(DocumentIndexingTestMixin, DocumentTestMixin, BaseAPITestCase):
+    auto_upload_document = False
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DocumentIndexingAPITestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.login_user()
+
+    def _request_index_create_api_view(self):
+        return self.post(
+            viewname='rest_api:index-list', data={
+                'label': TEST_INDEX_LABEL, 'slug': TEST_INDEX_SLUG,
+                'document_types': self.document_type.pk
+            }
+        )
+
+    def test_index_create_api_view_no_permission(self):
+        response = self._request_index_create_api_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+        self.assertEqual(Index.objects.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_index_create_api_view_with_permission(self):
+        self.grant_permission(permission=permission_document_indexing_create)
+
+        response = self._request_index_create_api_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+        index = Index.objects.first()
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['id'], index.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['label'], index.label)
+
+        self.assertEqual(Index.objects.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(index.label, TEST_INDEX_LABEL)
+
+    def _request_index_delete_api_view(self):
+        return self.delete(
+            viewname='rest_api:index-detail', kwargs={
+                'pk': self.index.pk
+            }
+        )
+
+    def test_index_delete_api_view_no_permission(self):
+        self._create_index()
+
+        response = self._request_index_delete_api_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.index in Index.objects.all())
+
+    def test_index_delete_api_view_with_access(self):
+        self._create_index()
+
+        self.grant_access(
+            obj=self.index, permission=permission_document_indexing_delete
+        )
+
+        response = self._request_index_delete_api_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.index not in Index.objects.all())
+
+    def _request_index_detail_api_view(self):
+        return self.get(
+            viewname='rest_api:index-detail', kwargs={
+                'pk': self.index.pk
+            }
+        )
+
+    def test_index_detail_api_view_no_access(self):
+        self._create_index()
+
+        response = self._request_index_detail_api_view()
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+        self.assertTrue('id' not in response.data)
+
+    def test_index_detail_api_view_with_access(self):
+        self._create_index()
+
+        self.grant_access(
+            obj=self.index, permission=permission_document_indexing_view
+        )
+
+        response = self._request_index_detail_api_view()
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.data['id'], self.index.pk
+        )