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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import datetime
+
+from django.test import override_settings
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from documents.models import DocumentType
+from documents.tests import TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
+from documents.permissions import permission_document_view
+from rest_api.tests import BaseAPITestCase
+
+from ..models import DocumentCheckout
+from ..permissions import permission_document_checkout_detail_view
+
+
+@override_settings(OCR_AUTO_OCR=False)
+class CheckoutsAPITestCase(BaseAPITestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(CheckoutsAPITestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.login_user()
+        self.document_type = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE_LABEL
+        )
+
+        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
+            self.document = self.document_type.new_document(
+                file_object=file_object,
+            )
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.document_type.delete()
+        super(CheckoutsAPITestCase, self).tearDown()
+
+    def _request_checkedout_document_view(self):
+        return self.get(
+            viewname='rest_api:checkedout-document-view',
+            args=(self.document.pk,)
+        )
+
+    def _checkout_document(self):
+        expiration_datetime = now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+
+        DocumentCheckout.objects.checkout_document(
+            document=self.document, expiration_datetime=expiration_datetime,
+            user=self.admin_user, block_new_version=True
+        )
+
+    def test_checkedout_document_view_no_access(self):
+        response = self._request_checkedout_document_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    def test_checkedout_document_view_with_checkout_access(self):
+        self._checkout_document()
+        self.grant_access(
+            permission=permission_document_checkout_detail_view, obj=self.document
+        )
+        response = self._request_checkedout_document_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    def test_checkedout_document_view_with_document_access(self):
+        self._checkout_document()
+        self.grant_access(
+            permission=permission_document_view, obj=self.document
+        )
+        response = self._request_checkedout_document_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    def test_checkedout_document_view_with_access(self):
+        self._checkout_document()
+        self.grant_access(
+            permission=permission_document_view, obj=self.document
+        )
+        self.grant_access(
+            permission=permission_document_checkout_detail_view, obj=self.document
+        )
+        response = self._request_checkedout_document_view()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['document']['uuid'], force_text(self.document.uuid))