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+# See https://demo.dataverse.org/dataverse/dataverse-client-r
+
+test_that("dataverse root", {
+  actual <- get_dataverse(
+    dataverse = ":root"
+  )
+  expect_equal(actual$id, 1L)
+  expect_equal(actual$alias, "demo")
+  expect_equal(actual$name, "Demo Dataverse")
+  expect_s3_class(actual$dataverseContacts, "data.frame")
+  expect_match(actual$description, "^.+This Dataverse is for demo purposes only\\..+$")
+  expect_equal(actual$creationDate, "2015-04-16T17:46:00Z") # Notice this is a string
+})
+
+test_that("dataverse for 'dataverse-client-r'", {
+  actual <- get_dataverse(
+    dataverse = "dataverse-client-r"
+  )
+  expect_equal(actual$id, 396355)
+  expect_equal(actual$alias, "dataverse-client-r")
+  expect_equal(actual$name, "dataverse-client-r")
+  expect_equal(actual$affiliation, "IQSS")
+  expect_s3_class(actual$dataverseContacts, "data.frame")
+  expect_match(actual$description, "^Dataverse for testing.+$")
+  expect_equal(actual$creationDate, "2020-01-02T04:18:06Z") # Notice this is a string
+})