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+#
+# REST API Request Tests - Regions
+#
+# Regions primary collections:
+#   /api/regions
+#
+# Tests for:
+# GET /api/regions/:id
+#
+
+describe "Regions API" do
+  it "forbids access to regions without an appropriate role" do
+    api_basic_authorize
+
+    run_get(regions_url)
+
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+  end
+
+  it "forbids access to a region resource without an appropriate role" do
+    api_basic_authorize
+
+    region = FactoryGirl.create(:miq_region, :region => "2")
+
+    run_get(regions_url(region.id))
+
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+  end
+
+  it "allows GETs of a region" do
+    api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:regions, :read, :resource_actions, :get)
+
+    region = FactoryGirl.create(:miq_region, :region => "2")
+
+    run_get(regions_url(region.id))
+
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+    expect(response.parsed_body).to include(
+      "href" => a_string_matching(regions_url(region.id)),
+      "id"   => region.id
+    )
+  end
+end